gung-ho

more gung-ho (comparative)
most gung-ho (superlative)

gung ho的另一種拼寫法


six

源自古英語 siex
* 源自原始日耳曼语 *sehs
** 源自原始印欧语 *swéḱs


trendy

trendier (comparative)
trendiest (superlative)

I hate those trendy pre-wrinkled shirts.

Some people who go to trendy cafés lament getting stuck at the long central table that has to be shared, instead hoping they get a ‘private’ table. But that is foolish. On a recent trip to see family, I got stuck at the big table in a café, too; I ended up making a new friend there and learning about the surrounding town.

2024年July22日，Antone Martinho-Truswell，Take a seat: the long table is an antidote to loneliness:


fr

for real之首字母縮略詞。

is this guy fr?


illegal

more illegal (comparative)
most illegal (superlative)

非法的，法律中禁止或違反法律的事情。

非法存取 [電子計算機]


orange

源自中古英語 orenge, orange ← 古法語 pome orenge (“波斯橙”)，字面意思“橘子蘋果”，受古奧克語 auranja影響，轉譯自古意大利語 melarancio, melarancia，mela (“蘋果”)和(n)arancia (“橙子”)的複合 ← 阿拉伯語 نَارَنْج (nāranj) ← 波斯語 نارنگ (nârang) ← 梵語 नारङ्ग (nāraṅga，“橙樹”) ← 達羅毗荼語系（對比泰米爾語 நார்த்தங்காய் (nārttaṅkāy)，நரந்தம் (narantam，“香氣”)和காய் (kāy，“水果”)的複合；也見泰盧固語 నారంగము (nāraṅgamu), 馬拉雅拉姆語 നാരങ്ങ (nāraṅṅa), 卡納達語 ಕಿತ್ತಳೆ (kittaḷe)）。
顏色一義則是代替了古英語 ġeolurēad (字面意思是“黃-紅”)；對比英語 blue-green。

oranger (comparative)
more orange (comparative)
orangest (superlative)
most orange (superlative)

/ˈɔɹ(ɪ)nd͡ʒ/

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/LL-Q1860 (eng)-Nattes à chat-orange.wav


red

源自中古英語 red，源自古英語 rēad，源自原始西日耳曼語 *raud，源自原始日耳曼語 *raudaz（對比西弗里斯蘭語 read、低地德語 root、rod、荷蘭語 rood、德語 rot、丹麥語、書面挪威語 rød、新挪威語 raud），源自原始印歐語 *h₁rowdʰós，來自詞根*h₁rewdʰ-（對比威爾士語 rhudd、拉丁語 ruber、rufus、吐火羅語A rtär、吐火羅語B ratre、古希臘語 ἐρυθρός (eruthrós)、阿爾巴尼亞語 pruth (“紅髮人”)、古教會斯拉夫語 рудъ (rudŭ)、捷克語 rudý、立陶宛語 raúdas、阿維斯陀語 𐬭𐬀𐬊𐬌𐬛𐬌𐬙𐬀 (raoidita)、梵語 रुधिर (rudhirá，“紅色的，血腥的”)）。

redder (comparative)
more red (comparative)
reddest (superlative)
most red (superlative)

Amerind

美洲原住民的，印第安人的

red whortleberry (Vaccinium vitis-idaea)

The girl wore a red skirt.

女孩穿著一條紅色的短裙。

Your colour, I warrant you, is as red as any rose.

我保證，你的顏色，就和薔薇一樣紅。

c. 1596–1599，William Shakespeare，“The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio)，London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, 出版於 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iv]:

The flowers glowed red and golden: snapdragons and sunflowers, and nasturtians trailing all over the turf walls and peeping in at the round windows.

1954年July29日，J.R.R. Tolkien，“I: A Long-Expected Party”, in The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings; 1), →ISBN:

Her hair had red highlights.

紅色花色（紅桃或方塊）的；對比black (“梅花或黑桃花色的”)

I got two red queens, and he got one of the black queens.

我有兩張紅色的Q，他有一張黑色的Q。

支持以紅色為代表色的政黨的： 左翼的（尤指社會主義或共產主義，包括英國工黨和德國德國社會民主黨）

the red-black grand coalition in Germany

德國社民黨-基民盟聯合政府

支持以紅色為代表色的政黨的： 美國共和黨的

a red state

a red Congress

美洲原住民的，印第安人的

特定觀測中電磁頻譜低頻部分（通常可見）的


sad

中古英語 sad，源自古英語 sæd，源自原始日耳曼語 *sadaz，源自原始印歐語 *seh₂-。與西弗里斯蘭語 sêd，荷蘭語 zat，德語 satt 同源。

sadder (comparative)
more sad (comparative)
saddest (superlative)
most sad (superlative)

負面情緒 悲伤的，忧伤的

負面情緒 令人感到悲傷的


light

lighter (comparative)
lightest (superlative)

(數量,程度)少量的;輕微的

(負擔)輕的;輕鬆愉快的

清淡的;易消化的;(酒)淡的


controversial

源自拉丁語 controversia (“爭議”) + -al; 參見 controversy。

more controversial (comparative)
most controversial (superlative)

/ˌkɒn.tɹəˈvɜː.ʃəl/

/ˌkɔn.tɹəˈvɜː.ʃəl/


permanent

自然是永恆的。

這是我的固定地址。


german

源自古法語 germain ← 拉丁語 germānus。參見germane。與German無關。

more german (comparative)
most german (superlative)

/ˈd͡ʒɜː.mən/

（兄弟姊妹）同父同母的，親的

The doubtfull wordes whereof they scan and canvas to an fro.
 Which done, Prometheus sonne began by counsell wise and sage
 His cousin germanes fearfulnesse thus gently to asswage:
（請為本引文添加中文翻譯）

1567 Arthur Golding trans., Ovid's Metamorphoses, Book 1, lines 460-2:

After this Merlyn told vnto kynge Arthur of the prophecye / that there shold be a grete batail besyde Salysbury and Mordred his owne sone sholde be ageynste hym / Also he tolde hym that Basdemegus was his cosyn and germayn vnto kynge Vryence

The phrase would bee more Germaine.

Wert thou a leopard, thou wert german to the lion.

c. 1605-1608, William Shakespeare, Timon of Athens


Italian

借自中世紀拉丁語 Italiānus，來自拉丁語 Italia (“意大利”)。

more Italian (comparative)
most Italian (superlative)

It has been shown that there was a great disposition on the part of some German printers, especially Albert Durer, to adopt the rounded Italian type; others preferring the crisp angularity of the Gothic black-letter, even for general purposes; while for books of devotion it appears to have been deemed the more orthodox; the Italian style of type being deemed an innovation.

1868，Henry Noel Humphreys，A History of the Art of Printing，頁 175:


Spanish

來自中古英語 Spainish, Spanish，等同於Spain + -ish。

Whether Martial's heart was in the Spanish highlands or whether he was happy enough in Rome will be discussed later[…]

2005，J. P. Sullivan，Martial, the unexpected classic，頁 1:

與西班牙人民和文化有關的

Though she was Indian like the rest of us, she had a fine Spanish nose.

1996，Oscar Zeta Acosta，“From Whence I Came”, in Oscar "Zeta" Acosta: the uncollected works，頁 42:

Spanish cuisine is not as spicy hot as Mexican, but it is flavorful and bright.

2007，Lynette Rohrer Shirk，章號 1, in The Everything Tapas and Small Plates Cookbook:

Fundamentally, the Spanish vowel sounds are only five, even though as a matter of fact there may be different other sounds for such vowels as [a], [e] and [o].

1918，Julián Moreno-Lacalle，Elements of Spanish Pronunciation，頁 12:

與西班牙裔跟他們文化有關的


Dutch

原始印歐語詞
 *tewtéh₂
來自中古英語 Duch (“德語、低地德語、荷蘭語”)，來自中古低地德語 dütsch, düdesch (“德語、低地德語、荷蘭語”)和中古荷蘭語 dūtsch、duutsc (“德語、低地德語、荷蘭語”)，來自原始西日耳曼語 *þiudisk，來自原始日耳曼語 *þiudiskaz (“部落的，民族的”)，衍生自*þeudō (“人”)，來自原始印歐語 *tewtéh₂。Deutsch和tuath 的同源對似詞。
對照中古英語 thedisch (“本地的，地方性的”)，該詞來自古英語 þēodisċ (“部落的，民族的”)、古撒克遜語 thiudisk（德國低地德語 düütsch (“德語”)）, 古高地德語 diutisc（現代德語 deutsch (“德語”)），現代荷蘭語 Duits (“德語”)和Diets (“荷蘭語”)（直到19世紀才完全區分開來）。參見Derrick、Teuton、Teutonic。
貶義義項（如Dutch courage, Dutch wife, Dutch uncle等）據說源自英荷戰爭和隨後的競爭。

與講日耳曼語的民族有關的


few

音頻（英式）: [fjʉ]


big

bigger (comparative)
biggest (superlative)


long

音頻（英式）: [ˈlɒŋ]

音頻（美式）: [ˈlɔŋ]


thick

標準英音，通用美式，澳大利亞

音頻（美式）: [θe̞k]


short

來自中古英語 schort, short，來自古英語 sċeort、sċort (“短”)，來自原始西日耳曼語 *skurt，來自原始日耳曼語 *skurtaz (“短”)，來自原始印歐語 *(s)ker-。
與shirt、skirt、curt、低地蘇格蘭語 short、schort (“短”), 法語 court, 荷蘭語 kort, 德語 kurz, 古高地德語 scurz (“短”)（中古高地德語 schurz）、古諾爾斯語 skorta (“缺乏”)（丹麥語 skorte）、阿爾巴尼亞語 shkurt (“短、簡短”)、拉丁語 curtus (“縮短的、不完整”), 原始斯拉夫語 *kortъkъ同源。curt 的同源對似詞。更多请参见shirt。

shorter (comparative)
shortest (superlative)


head

源自中古英語 hed, heed, heved, heaved ← 古英語 hēafod (“頭部；頂部；來源，起源；首領；首都”) ← 原始日耳曼語 *haubudą (“頭”) ← 原始印歐語 *káput-，*kapōlo- (“頭；碗”)的變體。
同源詞
與低地蘇格蘭語 heid, hede, hevid, heved (“頭”), 古英語 hafola (“頭”), 北弗里斯蘭語 hood (“頭”), 荷蘭語 hoofd (“頭”), 德語 Haupt (“頭”), 瑞典語 huvud (“頭”), 冰島語 höfuð (“頭”), 拉丁語 caput (“頭”), 梵語 कपाल (kapāla，“顱”), 印地語 कपाल (kapāl，“顱”)同源。

head sea

head wind


lang

langer (comparative)
langest (superlative)


nouveau

法語 nouveau。1828年被承認為英語。novel 的同源對似詞。


dun

源自中古英語 dun、dunne，源自古英語 dunn (“暗褐色，樹皮色，黑褐色”)，源自原始日耳曼語 *dusnaz (“褐色，黃色”)，源自原始印歐語 *dʰewh₂- (“冒煙，捲起塵埃”)。與古撒克遜語 dun (“褐色，暗”)、古高地德語 tusin (“灰色，暗褐色，淡黃色，暗”)、古諾爾斯語 dunna (“鴨，雌鴨”)同源。
也可能派生自布立吞亞支（對比中古威爾士語 dwnn (“暗（紅色）”)），源自原始凱爾特語 *dusnos（對比古愛爾蘭語 donn），源自原始印歐語 *dʰews-（對比古撒克遜語 dosan (“栗棕色”)）。參見dusk。

Come, thick Night,
 And pall thee in the dunneſt ſmoake of Hell,
 That my keene Knife ſee not the Wound it makes,
 Nor Heauen peepe through the Blanket of the darke,
 To cry, hold, hold.

c. 1606 (date written)，William Shakespeare，“The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio)，London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, 出版於 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene v]，頁 134，列 2，行s 48–49:


dexter

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-dexter.wav


sinister

繼承自中古英語 sinistre (“不幸的”)，來自古法語 senestre、sinistre (“左的”)，來自拉丁語 sinister (“左手”)。

more sinister (comparative)
most sinister (superlative)

dexter

從配戴者看盾牌的左側的，從觀看者看盾牌的右側的

不吉利的，凶兆的，不祥的；非法的

And in the meanwhile, Society shivered a little feverishly, filled now with the scions of those who had come over with the Jewish and American Conquests. Escutcheons were becoming valueless, how sinister soever the blots and clots upon them.

1922，Michael Arlen，“1/5/1”, in “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days:

惡意的，陰險的，邪惡的；陰森的

sinister influences

the sinister atmosphere of the crypt

Before the train had stopped he had decorated his sinister shirt-cuff with the inscription, ‘J. P. Huddle, The Warren, Tilfield, near Slowborough.’

1911，Saki, ‘The Unrest-Cure’，The Chronicles of Clovis:

從配戴者看盾牌的左側的，從觀看者看盾牌的右側的

Nimble and sinister tricks and shifts.

1625，Francis [Bacon]，“Of Judicature”, in The Essayes […]，第3rd版, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC:

He scorns to undermine another's interest by any sinister or inferior arts.

1667，Robert South，The Practice of Religion Enforced by Reason:


med

（medical 的缩写）医学的


Russian

中世紀拉丁語 (11世紀) Russiānus，Russia的形容詞，為古東斯拉夫語 Русь (Rusĭ)的拉丁化。16世紀開始出現在英語中 (作為名詞和形容詞)。

So that is the official line: you’re shit, we’re shit, everything’s shit, never try for a better world because it doesn’t exist. That is not only bleak, I think it’s also the working title of every Russian novel ever written.

2017年February19日，“Putin”, in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver，季数 4, 集数 2, John Oliver (actor), 經由 HBO:


Hakka

借自客家語 客家 (Hak-kâ)。


Tamil

借自泰米爾語 தமிழ் (tamiḻ)。


Persian

來自中古英語 percynne，來自中古法語 persien，來自意大利語 persiano，來自中世紀拉丁語 Persiānus，來自拉丁語 Persia，來自古希臘語 Περσίς (Persís)，來自古波斯語 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 (p-a-r-s /Pārsa/，“波斯”) (對照現代伊朗波斯語 فارس (fârs)或早期的古典波斯語 پارس (pārs))。

more Persian (comparative)
most Persian (superlative)

/ˈpɜː(ɹ)ʃən/


Persian

/ˈpɜː(ɹ)ʃən/

波西藹斯的 （羅馬作家）

...as it seems from an Ovidian or Persian standpoint and also, perhaps, from the comic standpoints of Plautus or Caecilius...

1998，Stephen Hinds，Allusion and Intertext: Dynamics of Appropriation in Roman Poetry:


Urdu

源自波斯語 اردو (ordu) ← 原始突厥語 *ordu (“軍隊，軍營”) ( > 阿塞拜疆語 ordu, 土耳其語 ordu, 土庫曼語 oorda)。對比horde。


Uyghur

來自維吾爾語 ئۇيغۇر (uyghur)。

Uygur (alternative)
Uigur (alternative)
Ouigour (alternative)

The purpose of this Act is to direct United States resources to address human rights violations and abuses, including gross violations of human rights, by the Government of the People’s Republic of China through the mass surveillance and internment of over 1,000,000 Uyghurs, ethnic Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, and members of other Muslim minority groups in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.

2020，“S. 3744: Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of 2020”, in GovTrack:


Czech

借自波蘭語 Czech，源自捷克語 Čech，源自原始斯拉夫語 *čelověkъ (“人，人類”) 的變體及縮約形。

A big beast of the men's field was put through the mangle then dumped out of Wimbledon as Rafael Nadal fell at around 10.06pm to Lukas Rosol, a Czech debutant who will never forget this Thursday evening in south-west London.

男子赛场上的一头猛兽战败，并被扔出温网，晚上10点06分左右，拉斐尔·纳达尔输给了卢卡斯·拉索尔，这位捷克新人将永远不会忘记周四晚上在伦敦西南部举行的这场比赛。

2012年June28日，Jamie Jackson，“Wimbledon 2012: Lukas Rosol shocked by miracle win over Rafael Nadal [2012年温网：卢卡斯·拉索尔对奇迹般战胜拉斐尔·纳达尔感到震惊]”, in the Guardian:


Bulgarian

more Bulgarian (comparative)
most Bulgarian (superlative)


Greek

繼承自古英語 Grēcas (“希臘人”)，Crēcas的變體，來自原始西日耳曼語 *Krēkō，來自拉丁語 Graecus，源頭不明，可能衍生自地名Γραῖα (Graîa)或來自部落名Graii的其他古巴爾幹語族形式，參見英語維基百科條目Griko、Names of the Greeks。希臘語中有個同源詞Γραικός (Graikós)，是從神話時代的祖先Γραίοι (Graíoi，“格瑞西安族”)而來。日爾曼語族同源詞包括荷蘭語 Griek、德語 Grieche。英語和日爾曼語族同源詞中的⟨g⟩，是受到法語 grec和古典拉丁語 Graecus的影響下恢復的。
該形容詞可追溯到14世紀的中古英語，取代了古英語 Grēċisċ (“希臘式的”)和早期中古英語 Gregeis。指兄弟會跟姐妹會，來自早期希臘字母的截斷。

Gr. (alternative)
Greeke (alternative)
Greeker (comparative)
Greekest (superlative)

目前，將大學兄弟會跟姐妹會稱作Greek life等名稱，而Greek-letter仍用於類似名稱的榮譽社團。

與兄弟會、姐妹會和/或 榮譽社團有關的

“Every single person is going to have a different experience watching this film,” she said when I asked about possibly labeling the Greek system as “toxic”.

2023年May24日，Adrian Horton，“‘Competitive femininity’: inside the wild and secretive world of sororities”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:


Arabic

來自拉丁語 arabicus，來自Arabia + -icus，來自古希臘語 Ἀραβία (Arabía)，源自阿拉伯語 عَرَب (ʕarab)。

Arabical (alternative)
Arabick (alternative)

One day my UN students asked me, "Which is the Arabic country where the best Arabic is spoken?" I quickly replied, "Bosnia." They exclaimed, "But Bosnia is not an Arab country!"

2008，Abdallah Nacereddine，To Be Oneself: The Tragicomedy of an Unfinished Life History, →ISBN，頁 342:

White chalk on the fascia board above the Arabic-food stall reads "Lebanon" and "Lebs rule".

2012，Deborah Youdell，“Intelligibility, agency and the raced–nationed–religioned subjects of education”, in Intersectionality and "Race" in Education, →ISBN，頁 202:


Buddhist

more Buddhist (comparative)
most Buddhist (superlative)


gold

金唱片獎的(銷售逾百萬張的)


copper

繼承自中古英語 coper。

more copper (comparative)
most copper (superlative)

She seemed so alive, with her shining eyes and her copper hair and her jokes and funny stories, but there was always a mystery at the center of her life, the sound of wild sobbing my mother said she heard coming through the floor.

1999，Maria M. Gillan，Things My Mother Told Me，頁 38:


more

更多（many的比較級）


elementary

more elementary (comparative)
most elementary (superlative)


better

[ˈbɛtʰɚ~ˈbɛθ̠ɚ~ˈbɛt̪ɚ]

[ˈbɛʔɚ~ˈbɛʔəɾ]

較好、更好、使某某变得更好﹝good的比較級﹞


best

good
better (comparative)
bester
bestest


consonant

繼承自中古英語 consonant 或 consonaunt，源自古法語 consonant，源自拉丁語 cōnsonāns，源自前綴 con- (“和”) + 現在分詞 sonāns (“正聽起來”)，源自 sonāre (“聽起來”)。此拉丁語詞又是古希臘語 σύμφωνον (súmphōnon) 的仿譯。

more consonant (comparative)
most consonant (superlative)

Each one pretends that his opinion […] is consonant to the words there used.

1710，William Beveridge，The true nature of the Christian church, the office of its ministers, and the means of grace administred by them explain'd. In twelve sermons:

Cheerfulness, even gaiety, is consonant with every species of virtue and practice of religion, and I think it inconsistent only with impiety and vice.

1900，Sabine Baring-Gould，“The Rev. Mr. Carter, Parson-Publican”, in Yorkshire Oddities, Incidents and Strange Events:

This essential right of the courts to be free of intimidation and coercion was held to be consonant with a recognition that freedom of the press must be allowed in the broadest scope compatible with the supremacy of order.

1946, 美國 Supreme Court, Pennekamp v. Florida 328 U.S. 331,334

consonant words and syllables

1645-1650, James Howell, Epistolae Ho-Elianae

No Russian whose dissonant consonant name / Almost shatters to fragments the trumpet of fame.

1813，Thomas Moore，Intercepted Letters, or the Two-Penny Post-Bag:


Scottish

苏格兰的，与苏格兰有关的


fonder

fond 的比較級形式。


futile

源自中古法語 futile ← 拉丁語 fūtilis。

more futile (comparative)
most futile (superlative)

No matter how early I came down, I would find him on the veranda, smoking cigarettes, or[…]. And at last I began to realize in my harassed soul that all elusion was futile, and to take such holidays as I could get, when he was off with a girl, in a spirit of thankfulness.

1898，Winston Churchill，章號 4, in The Celebrity:

Goals from Steven Pienaar, Andros Townsend, Jermain Defoe and Harry Kane sealed the win, but Rubin Kazan's 1-1 draw against PAOK Salonika rendered Spurs' efforts futile.

2011年December15日，Marc Higginson，“Shamrock Rovers 0-4 Tottenham”, in BBC Sport:


strawberry

源自中古英语 strawbery, strauberi ← 古英语 strēawberiġe。相当于straw +
berry。 词中 straw 源自动词的分词，意为“分散开的”，适用于在灌木丛中生长的浆果。

/ˈstɹɔˌbɛɹi/

/ˈstɹɑˌbɛɹi/

添加有草莓醛（一种人造化学品，有草莓的味道）的。

颜色与草莓相近的；草莓红的。


Afrikaans

/ˌɑːfɹɪˈkɑːnz/


Dansk

more Dansk (comparative)
most Dansk (superlative)

Strange was her tyre; for on her head a crowne / She wore, much like unto a Danisk hood […]

1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, IV.10:


English

源自中古英語 Englisch、English、Inglis，來自古英語 Englisċ (“盎格魯人的；英格蘭的”)，來自Engle (“盎格魯人，日耳曼部落”) + -isċ；等同於Angle + -ish。對比荷蘭語 Engels、丹麥語 engelsk、古法語 Englesche（法語 anglais的來源）, 德語 englisch、西班牙語 inglés，最初來源為原始印歐語 *h₂enǵʰ- (“窄的”)（對比梵語 अंहु (aṃhu，“窄的”)、अंहस् (aṃhas，“緊張；罪惡”)、拉丁語 angustus (“窄的”)、古教會斯拉夫語 ѫзъкъ (ǫzŭkŭ，“窄的”)）。

more English (comparative)
most English (superlative)

英格蘭的，與英格蘭有關的

英語的，與英語有關的；派生自盎格魯-撒克遜語的

Those immigrants Anglicised their names to make them sound more English.

移民將他們的名字英語化，聽起來更加像英語中的名字。

英格蘭人的，與英格蘭人有關的

an English ton


Est

建成於（後接日期，再後面是承建公司名稱或商標）


Francophile

more Francophile (comparative)
most Francophile (superlative)

/ˈ fɹeɪ̯ŋ.koʊ̯ˌfaɪ̯l/

/ˈ fɹeɪ̯ŋ.kəˌfaɪ̯l/


Francophone

法语 Francophonie 的变体和重新解释，语义上受到拉丁语 Franco- (“法国的”) + 古希腊语 φωνή (phōnḗ)的影响, Franco- + -phone

/ˈfɹæŋkɒfəʊn/


French

繼承自中古英語 Frenche、Frensch、Frensc、Frenshe、Frenk、Franche，來自古英語 Frenċisċ (“法語”)，來自原始西日耳曼語 *Frankisk (“法蘭克”)，等同於Frank + -ish (對照Frankish)。與西佛蘭德語 Fransch (“法語”)、荷蘭語 Frans (“法語”)、中古低地德語 vranksch、frenkisch、vrenkesch、vrenksch (“法語”)、中古高地德語 frenkisch、frensch （“法蘭克的，法蘭西的”；> 德語 fränkisch (“法蘭克尼亞”)）、丹麥語 fransk (“法語”)、瑞典語 fransk、fransysk (“法語”)、冰島語 franska (“法語”)同源。
用作粗俗語言的義項，其通常指早期19世紀上層階級實際使用的法語表達 (但通常輕微無禮)，後來被下層階級用作罵人的話，因為他們認為聽者不會熟悉這些用語。
用來指苦艾酒的義項，是French vermouth的簡稱。

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French defence, French defense, French Defence

French lilac (Syringa vulgaris & Galega officinalis)

the French border with Italy

That must have hurt, especially because you knew the French children weren’t even trying. “Uh, go on, play weez your seellee nambeurs. Zey tell you nosseeng of ze true naytcheur of ze soula. I’ll weepa for you.”

2015年May3日，“Standardized Testing”, in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver，季数 2, 集数 12, John Oliver (actor), 經由 HBO:

French customs

French verbs

同類詞：straight

French active

French girl

用於構成性病的名稱或指代

French disease

French crown

French pox


German

來自拉丁語 Germānus、Germānī (“來自Germānia的民族”)，不同於Gauls (在凱撒和塔西佗的著作中)，最初源頭不明 (可能是凱爾特語族/高盧語)。
與german (“關係密切的”)或germane無關 (來自拉丁語形容詞germānus，經由古法語)。
至少在1520年開始出現。取代了英語中較早的術語Almain和Dutch (來自原始日耳曼語 *þiudiskaz)。除了德語、日耳曼語、荷蘭語的同源詞外，其他語言中表示德國人的兩類詞源一個是Saxon的同源詞和原始斯拉夫語 *němьcь的派生詞；更多資訊參閱這些條目。

more German (comparative)
most German (superlative)
Germanest (superlative)

/ˈd͡ʒɜː.mən/

In Prussia, always the most progressive of the German states during the Weimar years and a stronghold of the two parties, Jews could be found in virtually all administrative departments […].

2001，Donald L. Niewyk，The Jews in Weimar Germany, →ISBN，頁 31:

與德國本地人或居民有關的；德國人後裔有關的

Her German husband has blond hair.

她的德裔丈夫長著一頭金髮。

If Demandt's essay served as a strident example of the German desire for normalcy, a more subtle example was provided by a brief allohistorical depiction of a Nazi victory in World War II written by German historian Michael Salewski in 1999.

2005年May23日，Gavriel D. Rosenfeld，The World Hitler Never Made: Alternate History and the Memory of Nazism，Cambridge University Press, →ISBN，頁 182:

Goths, a German tribe, 9; allied with other tribes against Rome, 39; …

1889, Theodore S. Fay, The three Germanys: glimpses into their history, vol. II, p. 1270 (inside the index):

分體詞：Low German、High German

Because the instructions were German, Yves couldn't read them.

因為這些指示是用德語寫成的，所以伊夫看不懂。

In this manner there existed, about the time of the Reformation, three grand divisions of the German language, viz. the Upper German (Ober Deutsch), the Low German (Nieder Deutsch, or Platt Deutsch), and lastly the High German (Hoch Deutsch).

1816，George Henry Noehden，A Grammar of the German Language，第3rd版，頁 3:

To trace its progress, it will be necessary to enter into detail, and to examine the German language in its two great divisions, the Low and High German.

1838，Joseph Bosworth，A Dictionary of the Anglo-saxon Language，頁 xiii:

This volume is intended to provide a survey of the linguistic characteristics of modern German dialects …. These are defined geographically as those within the borders of the Federal Republic of Germany, the German Democratic Republic, Austria, the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg, the German-speaking part of Switzerland, and Alsace in France ([..]).

1990, Charles V.J. Russ, Introduction, in: Charles V.J. Russ (ed.), The Dialects of Modern German: A Linguistic Survey, p. xviii (note: the work covers Frisian, Low and High German dialects):


Green

來自地名的姓氏，以居住地附近的村落廣場（village green）命名，或僅僅是以綠色作為姓氏的來源。


hea

(香港俚語) 無所事事的


Japanese

/ˌd͡ʒæpəˈniːz/

Japanese bunching onion (Allium fistulosum)

Japanese lantern (Alkekengi officinarum, syn. Physalis alkekengi)

A Japanese saw is one that cuts on the pull stroke rather than on the push stroke.

日本鋸是一種在拉衝程而非推衝程中實現切割的鋸子。

In the United States, Japanese animation has had a tremendous surge in popularity over the last few years.

過去幾年，日本動畫在美國人氣猛增。

Japanese retail stores have strove to, and have succeeded in, fulfilling these severe demands, and in doing so, have constantly had to innovate both technologically and institutionally in order to keep up with the competition.

日本零售商店努力并成功地满足了这些严格的要求，为此，必须不断在技术和制度上进行创新，以跟上竞争的步伐。

2013年February6日，Hideo Otake，“Revising the Interpretation of the Japanese Economy”, in State and Administration in Japan and Germany: A Comparative Perspective on Continuity and Change，頁 319:


Kiwi

more Kiwi (comparative)
most Kiwi (superlative)


Portuguese

來自葡萄牙語 português。

Portugese (alternative)
more Portuguese (comparative)
most Portuguese (superlative)

/ˌpɔː.t͡ʃəˈɡiːz/

The British army had already moved over the border and the commander had established his HQ high in the central Portuguese mountains at Viseu.

1973，Roger Parkinson，The Peninsular War，頁 104:

與葡萄牙人民和文化有關的

In San Diego County there is but one Portuguese fisherman, as is also the case in Los Angeles, the county immediately adjoining.

1887，George Brown Goode，The Fisheries and Fishery Industries of the United States, section IV，頁 33:

The latter feature indicates that a Portuguese consonant cannot constitute the nucleus of a syllable.

1981，Milton Mariano Azevedo，A Contrastive Phonology of Portuguese and English，頁 31:


Thai

借自泰語 ไทย (tai)。Tai和Dai 的同源對似詞。

Thaï (alternative)
more Thai (comparative)
most Thai (superlative)


Uzbek

來自俄語 узбек (uzbek)，來自烏茲別克語 oʻzbek。進一步的詞源不確定；可能來自突厥語族 öz (“真誠的，真正的”) + 粟特語 βγ (/beġ/，“大師”)；後者來自原始印度-雅利安語 *bʰagás，來自原始印度-伊朗語 *bʰagás。第一個音素常被認為可能與英語 Oghuz相等。


abnormal

more abnormal (comparative)
most abnormal (superlative)


constitutional

more constitutional (comparative)
most constitutional (superlative)


euphoric

more euphoric (comparative)
most euphoric (superlative)

狂喜的、亢奮的、異常亢奮的

In this moment, I am euphoric.

此時此刻，我亢奮到了極點。

Heroin is the most euphoric drug in use today.

海洛因目前在投入使用的藥品中最能振作精神。

1973年，美國，Commission on Marihuana and Drug Abuse，Treatment and rehabilitation，頁 31:

Lin gathered herself, took a moment to rehearse the words in her mind, contacted the L.A. number, and delivered her euphoric news to her agent in person

琳集中了精神，花時間在腦海中反覆重複了語言，聯絡了洛杉磯的號碼，將振奮人心的消息親口講給了她的經紀人聽。


hungry

hungrier (comparative)
hungriest (superlative)


geocentric

/ˌdʒiːəʊˈsɛntɹɪk/


skeptical

more skeptical (comparative)
most skeptical (superlative)


impassioned

more impassioned (comparative)
most impassioned (superlative)


blame

繼承自中古英語 blamen，源自古法語 blasmer，來自晚期拉丁語 blasphēmāre (“責罵，辱罵”)，來自古希臘語 βλασφημέω (blasphēméō)。blaspheme 的同源對似詞。從本土詞wite (“責備、指責、譴責、懷疑”)（來自中古英語 wīten、中古英語 wītan）變為常見用語。

damn的委婉 （強調）

"He yarns good," said Tom Platt. "T'other night he told us abaout a kid of his own size steerin' a cunnin' little rig an' four ponies up an' down Toledo, Ohio, I think 'twas, an' givin' suppers to a crowd o' sim'lar kids. Cur'us kind o' fairy-tale, but blame interestin'. He knows scores of 'em."


broadcast

Japanese simultaneous interpreter and translator Eriko Sekiya in an NHK Radio studio, from which she broadcasts (verb sense 3) a programme on introductory business English
日本同聲傳譯家、翻譯家関谷英里子正在NHK演播室，她在此作客介紹商務英語初級課程的節目
Paddy being broadcast (verb sense 4) or sown by hand in Chaudwar, Odisha, India
印度奧里薩邦喬烏德瓦爾的手工播撒稻種
broad + cast。

more broadcast (comparative)
most broadcast (superlative)

And ſuch a double Sowing is of the greateſt Importance; for on the thick Growth of a Crop very much depends on the Bigneſs of it at Harveſt, becauſe, by ſuch a thick Growth, the Weeds are overcome and kept down from hurting the Oats; and, likewiſe, the Heats and Droughts kept the better out from parching up the Roots of the Oats, which, in too thin a Crop, often prove fatal to it; for, when Oats are ſown in the random or broadcaſt Way, there is no more Mold allowed their Roots than what the Harrows and Roll give them; which, at beſt, is but a ſuperficial and moſt thin Covering, and, therefore, the more liable to ſuffer by Droughts, which is different from the Way of ſowing Oats in Drills.

1744，William Ellis，“Of White Oats”, in The Modern Husbandman: Or, The Practice of Farming: As it is Now Carried On by the Most Accurate Farmers in Several Counties of England. For the Month of April. …，Dublin: Printed by and for George Faulkner, →OCLC，頁s 48–49:

They alleged that, as soon as the Opium Commission was appointed, the various anti-opium organisations began to be extremely active and a determined campaign was carried on against the use of the drug by the circulation of a mass of anti-opium literature and the broadcast distribution of handbills and pamphlets.

1923，Song Ong Siang，“The Tenth Decade (1909–19)：第一段”, in One Hundred Years’ History of the Chinese in Singapore: […]，London: John Murray, […], →OCLC，頁 444:

There must be action on and participation in broadcast methods of public education, face to face, in groups, or by use of the mails. This, however, is of secondary importance to the man-to-man job of education in care with fire in the woods.

1931 June，M. A. Mattoon，“Application of Methods to Minimize Human Risks and Physical Dangers”, in Fire Handbook: Region Seven: United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service，Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, →OCLC，頁 8:

For radio-transmission it has been found that certain passages of a rhythmical nature come out more clearly if wooden-headed sticks are used. The Timpani sometimes tend to sound blurred and even to have a blurring effect on the rest of the orchestral ensemble in broadcast music, when ordinary soft sticks are used in a strongly marked rhythm.

1946，Ch[arles]-M[arie] Widor，Edward Suddard, transl.，“Percussion Instruments”, in The Technique of the Modern Orchestra: A Manual of Practical Instrumentation，第rev. and new版, London: Joseph Wiliams Limited, 29, Enford Street, Marylebone, W.1, →OCLC; reprinted Mineola, N.Y.: Dover Publications, 2005, →ISBN，頁 208:

通過電磁波傳輸訊息或信號的；廣播的

The new limitations would still prohibit foreigners from wholly or directly owning broadcast licensees, allowing only indirect ownership through a stake in a controlling parent of a broadcast licensee.

2013年November14日，Alina Selyukh，“U.S. FCC eases foreign investment limit for broadcast stations”, in Reuters，存檔自the original on 2017-08-16:


conservative

借自中古法語 conservatif，來自拉丁語 cōnservō (“儲存”)。等同conserve + -ative。

more conservative (comparative)
most conservative (superlative)

The chef added a conservative amount of salt to the dish.

The curriculum committee at this university is extremely conservative.

At a conservative estimate, growth may even be negative next year.

We have always been conscientiously attached to what is called the Tory, and which might with more propriety be called the Conservative, party.

免受損失、浪費、損害的；保存的

Operative treatment should be reserved for those patients in whom conservative treatment has failed and who are motivated with regard to sports.

2000，G. Puddu et al.，“Achilles Tendon Injuries”, in The Encyclopaedia of Sports Medicine, →ISBN，頁 200:


criminal

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most criminal (superlative)


dissident

more dissident (comparative)
most dissident (superlative)


guerrilla

:出自19世纪初半岛战争时出现的西班牙语 guerrilla 。

(市场营销学) 游击战略，游走策略。


loyal

loyaler (comparative)
loyaller (comparative)
loyalest (superlative)
loyallest (superlative)

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-loyal.wav


willing

more willing (comparative)
most willing (superlative)

If my boyfriend isn't willing to change his drinking habits, I will split up with him.　　如果我男朋友不想改掉他好酒的习惯的话，我就跟他分手。


temporary

/ˈtɛmpəɹəɹi/

/ˈtɛmpəˌɹɛɹi/


severe

源自中古法语 ←拉丁语 severus (“严重的，严肃的，穿着朴素的”)。

严重的，严峻的；极坏的。


suspect

來自古法語 suspect，來自拉丁語 suspectus，suspiciō (“不信任，懷疑”)的完整體被動分詞，來自sub (“底下”) + speciō (“看，看著”)。

more suspect (comparative)
most suspect (superlative)

What I can do or offer is suspect.

1671，John Milton，“The First Book”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes，倫敦: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC，頁 2:

In his first book since the 2008 essay collection Natural Acts: A Sidelong View of Science and Nature, David Quammen looks at the natural world from yet another angle: the search for the next human pandemic, what epidemiologists call “the next big one.” His quest leads him around the world to study a variety of suspect zoonoses—animal-hosted pathogens that infect humans.

2013年January10日，Katie L. Burke，“Ecological Dependency”, in American Scientist，卷 101, 期 1，存檔自the original on 2017-02-09，頁 64:

Facing a backlash over the use of the term “cosmopolitan,” [Josh] Hawley later defended himself against accusations of antisemitism on Twitter as “an ardent advocate of the state of Israel and the Jewish people.” But this conflation of the state of Israel and the Jewish people is the entire point. To today’s far right, Israel is a firm ally against Islam, while “cosmopolitans,” many of whom just happen to be Jewish, are suspect.

2019年July24日，David Austin Walsh，“Flirting With Fascism”, in Jewish Currents:

What appears suspect about the Beeching Report is how quickly it was railroaded through, with the answers manufactured before the questions were asked.

2023年March8日，Howard Johnston，“Was Marples the real railway wrecker?”, in RAIL，期 978，頁 52:

Now I’m suspect of other advice that I read in your pages.

2004, Will Nickell, letter to the editor of Field & Stream, Volume CIX Number 8 (December 2004–January 2005), page 18


sedative

more sedative (comparative)
most sedative (superlative)


stary

starier (comparative)
stariest (superlative)

starey的另一種拼寫法

Buddy Eagleton was ahead of Reppler and he turned to run, his eyes wide and stary.


cautious

小心的，谨慎的，试探性的。


almighty

more almighty (comparative)
most almighty (superlative)


ambiguous

源自拉丁語 ambiguus (“左右搖擺的，性質可疑的”)，該詞衍生自ambigere (“四處走動、徘徊、懷疑”)，由ambi- (“周圍、大約、兩側”)與agere (“驅動、移動”)組成。

more ambiguous (comparative)
most ambiguous (superlative)

The politician was criticized for his ambiguous statements and lack of precision.

這位政治人物因模稜兩可的言論與缺乏精準度而受到批評。

And forasmuch as in this same question I am ambiguous, and Simplicius is resolute....

鑑於在此問題上我仍游移不定，而辛普利休斯立場堅決...

1662，Thomas Salusbury，Mathematical collections and translations, in two tomes - Salusbury:


approximate

來自拉丁語 approximatus，是approximare (“接近”)的現在分詞；ad + proximare，見proximate。

more approximate (comparative)
most approximate (superlative)

靠近；貼近；相近、近乎相同

大概；約略；近乎準確、正確的；近似的

Approximate results or values.

例句：
#:* 近似的結果或值。

To help carry out its mission, NASA's Genesis spacecraft has on board an ion monitor to record the speed, density, temperature and approximate composition of the solar wind ions.

例句：
#:* 為了執行其任務，美國太空總署的起源號探測器使用它機上的離子監測器，去記錄太陽風離子的速度、密度和溫度來推測它的組成方式。


awkward

來自awk (“怪異的，笨拙的”) + -ward。

awkwarder (comparative)
more awkward (comparative)
awkwardest (superlative)
most awkward (superlative)

clumsy

不靈巧的，笨拙的，彆扭的

lubberly

不靈巧的，笨拙的，彆扭的

ungraceful

不靈巧的，笨拙的，彆扭的

unhandy

不靈巧的，笨拙的，彆扭的

dexterous

不靈巧的，笨拙的，彆扭的

gainly

不靈巧的，笨拙的，彆扭的

graceful

不靈巧的，笨拙的，彆扭的

handy

不靈巧的，笨拙的，彆扭的

skillful

不靈巧的，笨拙的，彆扭的

不靈巧的，笨拙的，彆扭的

John was awkward at performing the trick. He'll have to practice to improve.

John在耍那個戲法的時候笨手笨腳的。他還是要練習才能提高。

That was an extremely awkward moment. Everyone was watching.

那一刻真的非常尷尬，大家都在看著。

An awkward silence had fallen.

I'm very awkward at parties.

Things get very awkward whenever 60-year old men use cheesy pick-up lines on me.

每有60多歲的老人用老土的搭訕語句找我攀談時，我都不知道該怎麼辦才好。

任性的 （指人）；不方便的，難以應付的，棘手的

He's a right awkward chap.

These cabinets are going to be very awkward when we move.

我們搬家時這些陳列櫃會很難處理。

Clearing up rock and fallen vegetation at such an awkward site required a team of specialist geoengineers.

2020年August26日，Andrew Mourant，“Reinforced against future flooding”, in Rail，頁 61:


cheque

chequy的棄用形式。

George PARK of FULFORDLIES, descended of the Family of Parkswells, carries Or, a Fesse Cheque, Gules and Argent; between Three Bucks Heads cabossed, all within a Border of the 2d; Motto, Providentia me committo.

1722，Alexander Nisbet，A System of Heraldry Speculative and Practical，頁 335:

Arms. Argent, a chevron cheque, gules, and of the field, between three bugle horns, sable , garnished of the second, plate 40.

1779，Hugh Clark，Thomas Wormull，The Peerage of the Nobility of England, Scotland, and Ireland，頁 137:

Parted per pale gules and or, a lion rampant intercharged inter 3 fleurs de lys. 2. A saltire cheque gules and or inter 3 escallop shells gules. 2 Argent, within a bordure azure, semé de fleur de lis or, parted per chevron ermine[…]

1797，Thomas Langley，The History and Antiquities of the Hundred of Desborough, and Deanery of Wycombe, in Buckinghamshire: Including the Borough Towns of Wycombe and Marlow, and Sixteen Parishes，頁 442:

... : several escutcheons of arms are dispersed about her, and her kirtle, or inward drapery thus blazoned; Or. a fret gules, and others on her mantle, Or. cheque, gules, and azure, a talbot is couchant at her feet.

1820，John Chambers，A General History of Worcester，頁 148:


coastal

more coastal (comparative)
most coastal (superlative)


colic

借自法語 colique。最終源自古希臘語 κωλικός (kōlikós，“結腸受苦”，adj).

cholick (alternative)
cholic (alternative)


competent

more competent (comparative)
most competent (superlative)

有能力的，能胜任的；应该的；足够的；有


conventional

more conventional (comparative)
most conventional (superlative)

A “moving platform” scheme[…]is more technologically ambitious than maglev trains even though it relies on conventional rails. Local trains would use side-by-side rails to roll alongside intercity trains and allow passengers to switch trains by stepping through docking bays.

2013年June1日，“Ideas coming down the track”, in The Economist，卷 407, 期 8838，頁 13 (Technology Quarterly):

They wear conventional clothes, eat conventional food, and keep conventional hours.

他们穿普通的衣服，吃普通的食物，按普通的时间工作。

Mother[…]considered that the exclusiveness of Peter's circle was due not to its distinction, but to the fact that it was an inner Babylon of prodigality and whoredom, from which every Kensingtonian held aloof, except on the conventional tip-and-run excursions in pursuit of shopping, tea and theatres.

1922，Ben Travers，章號 2, in A Cuckoo in the Nest:

The history of our study of our solar system shows us clearly that accepted and conventional ideas are often wrong, and that fundamental insights can arise from the most unexpected sources.

1980，Carl Sagan，Cosmos: A Personal Voyage:


desirable

more desirable (comparative)
most desirable (superlative)

/dɪˈzaɪəɹəbəl/

合意的，令人滿意的，可取的

This applicant has almost all desirable properties.

這個申請者幾乎有所有（我們）需要的素質。

With fresh material, taxonomic conclusions are leavened by recognition that the material examined reflects the site it occupied; a herbarium packet gives one only a small fraction of the data desirable for sound conclusions. Herbarium material does not, indeed, allow one to extrapolate safely: what you see is what you get[…]

1992年，魯道夫馬蒂亞斯舒斯特，The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian，卷 V, 伊州芝加哥: 菲爾德自然史博物館, →ISBN，頁 vii:


desperate

借自拉丁語 dēspērātus，dēspērō (“沒有希望”)的過去分詞。

more desperate (comparative)
most desperate (superlative)

I hadn't eaten in two days and was desperate for food.

我已经两天没吃东西了，非常想吃东西。

desperate to eat; desperate for attention

极度渴望吃东西；极度渴望得到关注

I was so desperate at one point, I even went to see a loan shark.

我一度非常绝望，甚至去借高利贷。

But signalman Bridges was never to answer driver Gimbert's desperate question. A deafening, massive blast blew the wagon to shreds, the 44 high-explosive bombs exploding like simultaneous hits from the aircraft they should have been dropped from. The station was instantly reduced to bits of debris, and the line to a huge crater.

2022年January12日，Benedict le Vay，“The heroes of Soham...”, in RAIL，期 948，頁 43:

a desperate disease; desperate fortune

“I knew very well that when the Peruvian Indian does anything wrong it is because he is forced to it by oppression and made desperate by abuse,” replied Lucia.

1904，Clorinda Matto de Turner，Birds Without a Nest: A Story of Indian Life and Priestly Oppression in Peru，頁 218:

Humankind's global integration makes biological combat a weapon of choice for desperate killers, who are either suicidal or intend to infect others […]

2016，Hans-Martin Sass，Cultures in Bioethics，LIT Verlag Münster, →ISBN，頁 239:

He dove into the rushing waters in a desperate effort to save her life.

他拼命跳入湍急的水流中以挽救她的生命。

The letters which were of most importance were in half a dozen languages and in the desperate handwriting of the period. Eminent men in that age thought it - like Hamlet - a baseness to write fair. Often at the end of a page I have[…]

She pictured having a boyfriend over and losing him when he saw her desperate taste in shampoo; however, the chances of that happening were slim.

(Can we date this quote?)，Stopping Inertia，Dorrance Publishing, →ISBN，頁 131:

Whoever's writing the stuff on this has desperate handwriting, like they must be a doctor...

2022 September 2, Irish People Try American-Style Pancakes, circa 8:12:

激烈的，激動的，瘋狂的，狂暴的

For Liverpool, it capped six days of desperate disappointment after missing out on the Premier League to Manchester City by a single point then losing to this experienced, street-smart Real team.

2022年May28日，Phil McCulty，“Liverpool 0-1 Real Madrid”, in BBC Sport:


dumb

dumber (comparative)
dumbest (superlative)


dynamic

more dynamic (comparative)
most dynamic (superlative)


emotional

more emotional (comparative)
most emotional (superlative)

/ɪˈməʊʃənəl/

/ɪˈmoʊʃənəl/

emotional crisis

emotional lift

emotional decision

emotional speech

She’s an emotional person.

她是個容易受到情緒影響的人。

emotional greeting


enough

放在名词前后作修饰性定语时，表示“具有令人满意数量特征的”，如：


estate

繼承自中古英語 estat，來自盎格魯-諾曼語 estat和古法語 estat（法語：état），來自拉丁語 status。state和status 的同源對似詞。


excessive

繼承自中古英語 excessive，excessif，來自古法語 excessif，來自中世紀拉丁語 excessivus。

more excessive (comparative)
most excessive (superlative)

Putting a wide vibrato on a single 16th triplet note at 160 beats per minute seems rather excessive.


external

more external (comparative)
most external (superlative)


extraordinary

派生自拉丁語 extrāōrdinārius，來自extrā ōrdinem。By surface analysis, extra- + ordinary。extraordinaire 的同源對似詞。

more extraordinary (comparative)
most extraordinary (superlative)

/ˌɛkstɹəˈɔː(ɹ)dɪnəɹi/

/ˌɛkstɹəˈɔː(ɹ)dɪnɹi/

Except in extraordinary circumstances, […]


hazy

最初源自航海詞彙 hawsey (1625年，詞源不明)。可能源自中古英語 *hasi、*haswy、古英語 haswiġ (“灰暗”)、古英語 hasu (“灰暗”)、原始日耳曼語 *haswaz (“灰”)、原始印歐語 *ḱeh₂s- (“灰白”) 等。By surface analysis, haze + -y，不過現代英語的 haze 更有可能是 hazy 的逆向構詞。

hazier (comparative)
haziest (superlative)

a hazy view of the polluted city street

汙染後的城市看上去灰濛濛的

a hazy argument

a hazy intellect


implicit

implicit (無比較級)
含蓄的，不言明的；内含的;固有的；无疑的，
无保留


incentive

借自中世紀拉丁語 incentīvus (“起調或定調”)，來自incinō (“起調”)，來自in- (“在”) + canō (“唱”)。該詞的形成似乎受到incendō (“放火”)的影響。

more incentive (comparative)
most incentive (superlative)

Part incentive reed / Provide, pernicious with one touch of fire.

1667，John Milton，“Book 6”, in Paradise Lost. A Poem Written in Ten Books，London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], →OCLC; 再版為 Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […]，London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:


indomitable

源自晚期拉丁語 indomitābilis，源自 in- (“不”) + domitō，domō (“馴服”) 的頻率形。By surface analysis, in- + domitable。

more indomitable (comparative)
most indomitable (superlative)

不屈不撓的，無法被阻撓或擊敗的

Personal courage and an indomitable self-confidence were the chief, indeed the only, qualities which sprang to light in General Feversham.

1902，A. E. W. Mason，章號 1, in The Four Feathers:

But he was a youth of indomitable spirit, strong and agile as a wild cat.

1910，William Henry Hudson，章號 7, in A Shepherd's Life:

Nobody came on to the movie camera—wrapped it in a bear hug and wrestled it to submission—like Betty Hutton. They called this 40s singer-actress "the Blitzkrieg blond" . . . . [S]he was indomitable, unstoppable.

2007年March31日，Richard Corliss，“When Betty Got Frank”, in Time，存檔自the original on 2010-12-03:

And even though the rest of the auto industry, seeing Tesla’s growth, jumped on the electric vehicle bandwagon, Tesla has maintained an indomitable lead.

2022年April28日，Farhad Manjoo，“Is Elon Musk Really That Bad?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:


inflammatory

more inflammatory (comparative)
most inflammatory (superlative)


infrared

红外线的；产生红外辐射的；具有红外线波长的。


initiate

more initiate (comparative)
most initiate (superlative)

/ɪˈnɪʃ.ɪ.ət/


innocuous

more innocuous (comparative)
most innocuous (superlative)

無害的; 無毒的；不关痛痒的


innovative

more innovative (comparative)
most innovative (superlative)

/ˈɪn.əˌveɪɾɪv/

innovatory

革新的，創新的；富有革新精神的

革新的，創新的；富有革新精神的


insoluble

more insoluble (comparative)
most insoluble (superlative)


intermediate

源自中世紀拉丁語 intermediatus，intermediare 的過去分詞，源自 inter + 晚期拉丁語 mediare (“調解”)；以及拉丁語 intermedius。

more intermediate (comparative)
most intermediate (superlative)

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-intermediate (adj, noun).wav


intrinsic

發於內在的，啟發於內心的。


lucid

lucider (comparative)
more lucid (comparative)
lucidest (superlative)
most lucid (superlative)

神志清醒的；清楚的;易懂的


magnetic

more magnetic (comparative)
most magnetic (superlative)


managerial

more managerial (comparative)
most managerial (superlative)

/ˌmænəˈdʒɪəɹi.əl/

經理的；管理人的；管理上的，經營上的


massive

more massive (comparative)
most massive (superlative)

Young Jupiter was smacked head-on by massive newborn planet […] "The only scenario that resulted in a core-density profile similar to what Juno measures today is a head-on impact with a planetary embryo about 10 times more massive than Earth," Liu said.

小木星被一顆大質量新生行星正面撞擊 […] 劉教授說：「唯一能解釋朱諾號目前測量到的核心密度分佈的情況是，木星曾與一顆質量約為地球 10 倍大的行星胚胎發生了正面碰撞。」

2019年August15日，“Young Jupiter was smacked head-on by massive newborn planet”, in Rice University News，存檔自the original on 2020-10-01:


mature

/məˈtʃʊ(ə)ɹ/


morbid

more morbid (comparative)
most morbid (superlative)

病的；致病的；病態的；可怕的

You may read more about such things, if morbid curiosity has you ever overtaken.


nasal

繼承自中古英語，派生自中世紀拉丁語 nāsālis，源自nāsus (“鼻子”) + -ālis (形容詞後綴)。nasalis 的同源對似詞。

more nasal (comparative)
most nasal (superlative)

Reindeer are well suited to the taiga’s frigid winters. They can maintain a thermogradient between body core and the environment of up to 100 degrees, in part because of insulation provided by their fur, and in part because of counter-current vascular heat exchange systems in their legs and nasal passages.

馴鹿非常適合針葉林寒冷的冬天。 它們可以在身體核心和環境之間保持高達100度的溫度梯度，部分原因是它們的皮毛提供的隔絕性，部分原因是它們的腿和鼻通道中的逆流血管熱交換系統。

2013 March，Nancy Langston，“Mining the Boreal North”, in American Scientist，卷 101, 期 2，頁 98:

nasal vowel

nasal utterance

"Are you sure you're OK?" she said with a nasal Australian accent.

「你確定你沒事？」她用帶著鼻音的澳大利亞口音說。

2016，A.K. Brown，Jumpstart (Champagne Universe Series: Book 1)，頁 2:


nocturnal

more nocturnal (comparative)
most nocturnal (superlative)


notorious

more notorious (comparative)
most notorious (superlative)

/nəʊˈtɔːɹɪəs/

惡名昭彰的, 臭名昭著的, 声名狼藉的


optimistic

more optimistic (comparative)
most optimistic (superlative)


participate

來自分詞詞幹拉丁語 participare (“參與”)，源自particeps (“參與”)，源自pars (“部分”) + capiō (“拿取”)；參見 part 和 capable。


peripheral

more peripheral (comparative)
most peripheral (superlative)


pessimistic

more pessimistic (comparative)
most pessimistic (superlative)


portal

the portal vein


potent

more potent (comparative)
most potent (superlative)

[ˈpʰoʊ̯ʔn̩t]

有力的；有效力的；有势力的；烈性的


prejudice

來自中古英語 prejudice，來自古法語 prejudice，來自拉丁語 praeiūdicium (“前例，前判；傷害，損害”)，來自prae- (“之前”) + iūdicium (“審判”)。

præjudice (alternative)
p͛judice (alternative)

/ˈpɹɛd͡ʒədɪs/


progressive

源自中古法語 progressif，源自拉丁語 prōgressīvus，源自 prōgredior (完成分詞詞幹：prōgress-) + -īvus。替代古英語 forþgenġe。

prog. (alternative)
more progressive (comparative)
most progressive (superlative)

/pɹəˈɡɹɛsɪv/

/pɹəˈɡɹɛsɪv/

进步的；前进的；渐进酡：进行性的


prostate

源自中古法語 prostate，源自中世紀拉丁語 prostata，源自古希臘語 προστάτης (prostátēs，“站在前面的人，守衛”)。


prostate

more prostate (comparative)
most prostate (superlative)


radioactive

於1898年由皮埃尔·居里和玛丽·居里借自法語 radio-actif所創的新詞，等同於radio- + active。

radio-active (alternative)
more radioactive (comparative)
most radioactive (superlative)

radioactive waste

Uranium is a radioactive material.

As a matter of fact many of our best drinking waters have all sorts of unspecified qualities. Burton water, for example, is radioactive by Beetham's standards up to the ninth degree.

1917，H. G. Wells，“The First Vision”, in The Soul of a Bishop:

對人或思想有危險且令人厭惡的

Even sleazy tactics and his radioactive mouth may not be able to contain this debacle.

And while Biden’s other nominees have done little to provoke Republican backlash thus far, [Neera] Tanden is “radioactive,” as Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) put it.

2020年November30日，Burgess Everett, Caitlin Emma, Theodoric Meyer，引 John Cornyn, “Joe Biden's 'radioactive' nominee”, in POLITICO:

If, by some miracle, Democrats hang on to one or both houses of Congress this November, it will be because of Cawthorn, Paul Gosar, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Lauren Boebert and other would-be G.O.P. candidates trying to be just like them — the Radioactive Republicans.

2022年April4日，Gail Collins, Bret Stephens，“Which ‘Radioactive Republicans’ Are We Betting On?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:


religious

more religious (comparative)
most religious (superlative)

/ɹɪˈlɪd͡ʒ.əs/


retail

[ˈɹ̠ʷiˌtʰeɪ̯ɫ]


royal

more royal (comparative)
most royal (superlative)


senile

1660年代借自法語 sénile，來自中古法語 senile，來自古法語 senile，來自拉丁語 senīlis (“屬於或與老年有關的”)，來自senex (“老人”)，源自原始印歐語 *sénos (“老的”)。

more senile (comparative)
most senile (superlative)

Similar studies of rats have employed four different intracranial resorbable, slow sustained release systems— […]. Such a slow-release device containing angiogenic factors could be placed on the pia mater covering the cerebral cortex and tested in persons with senile dementia in long term studies.

2013 May-June，Charles T. Ambrose，“Alzheimer’s Disease”, in American Scientist，卷 101, 期 3，頁 200:

Her mother was senile, but they called it dementia now.

2019，Colson Whitehead，The Nickel Boys，Fleet，頁 183:


sincere

more sincere (comparative)
sincerer (comparative)
most sincere (superlative)
sincerest (superlative)


spherical

more spherical (comparative)
most spherical (superlative)


spotted

more spotted (comparative)
most spotted (superlative)


stagnant

more stagnant (comparative)
most stagnant (superlative)

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/LL-Q1860 (eng)-Mélange a trois-stagnant.wav

停滯的；不流動的；不景氣的


static

靜的，靜態的；靜電的；固定的


strategic

自古希臘語 στρατός (stratós，“陸軍”) + ἄγω (ágō，“我領導；我組織”) 至 στρατηγός (stratēgós，“長官，將軍”) 至 στρατηγικός (stratēgikós，“將軍的；與將軍有關的」或「與策略有關的”) 而來。

more strategic (comparative)
most strategic (superlative)

（武器、戰爭或地方）戰略性的

a strategic nuclear weapon

a strategic bomber aircraft


subsidiary

more subsidiary (comparative)
most subsidiary (superlative)

輔助的；補助的；次要的；附屬的


superfluous

:< 拉丁語 superfluus （“滥出边沿的；多余的”） < superfluō （“泛滥，滥出”） < super （“在…之上”） + fluō （“流”）。 对比同根的 mellifluous、fluid。 此词在字面意思上对应於日耳曼语源的 overflow。


supine

:< 中古英語 supin < 拉丁語 supinum、supinus。 语法中的“目的动名词”之意源自短语 supinum verbum。

more supine (comparative)
most supine (superlative)

得过且过的，苟安的，软弱的


ubiquitous

:< 拉丁語 ubique （“到处”） < ubi （“哪里”）。

无所不在的，十分普遍的，处处可见的


ultrasonic

more ultrasonic (comparative)
most ultrasonic (superlative)

聲波或振動，其頻率超過人類耳朵可以聽到的最高閾值20k赫茲（千赫）；超聲的

The wheel shop also has equipment for ultrasonic testing of axles for flaws; and systematic checking of locomotive axles and crank pins is carried out as they pass through the shops.

车轮车间还配备了对车轴进行缺陷超声波检测的设备；机车车轴和曲柄销在通过车间时还要进行系统检查。

1961 March，C. P. Boocock，“The organisation of Eastleigh Locomotive Works”, in Trains Illustrated，頁s 159–160:


virgin

:< 古法語 virgine < 拉丁語 virginem（主格 virgo）。

未开发的；原始状态的；天然的；未改变的；未触动的


vulnerable

more vulnerable (comparative)
most vulnerable (superlative)


wholesome

來自早期的holesome，來自中古英語 holsom、holsum、helsum、halsum，來自古英語 *hālsum、*hǣlsum，來自原始西日耳曼語 *hailasam，來自原始日耳曼語 *hailasamaz，等同whole + -some。與薩特弗里斯蘭語 heelsoam、荷蘭語 heilzaam、德國低地德語 heelsaam、德語 heilsam、冰島語 heilsamur、新挪威語 helsesam、瑞典語 hälsosam (“健康的”)等同源。

more wholesome (comparative)
wholesomer (comparative)
most wholesome (superlative)
wholesomest (superlative)

Though hard, my friends, yet wholesome are the truths, taught in affliction's school, whence the pure soul rises refined, and soars above the world.

1750，“Theodora”, Thomas Morell 作詞, George Frideric Handel 作曲:

A wholeſome tongue is a tree of life: but peruerſneſſe therein is a breach in the ſpirit.

溫良的舌，是生命樹；乖謬的嘴，使人心碎。

1611，The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version)，London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Proverbs 15:4，列 1:

The more solicitous of the two was Nurse Cramer, a shapely, pretty, sexless girl with a wholesome unattractive face.

1961年November10日，Joseph Heller，“The Soldier in White”, in Catch-22 […]，New York, N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, →OCLC，頁 171:

There's something tragic, but almost pure
 Think I could love you, but I'm not sure
 There's something wholesome, there's something sweet
 Tucked in your eyes that I'd love to meet

2017年April13日，Mitchy Collins, Samantha Derosa, Christian Medice，“Broken”, in Finding It Hard to Smile，演出者 Lovelytheband:

Around the same time, “wholesome” memes of cute doggos and puppers rejuvenated social media feeds that seemed daily filled with fresh horrors.

2019，Gretchen McCulloch，Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language，Riverhead Books, →ISBN:

The comment section on a recent post making fun of a “cute” and “wholesome” Doomer Girl meme is mixed.

2020年February3日，Kaitlyn Tiffany，“The Misogynistic Joke That Became a Goth-Meme Fairy Tale”, in The Atlantic:


avid

來自法語 avide，來自拉丁語 avidus (“渴望的，想要的；貪婪的”)，來自aveō (“想，渴望，請求”)。

more avid (comparative)
avider (comparative)
most (superlative)
avidest (superlative)

（對某事物表現岀） 感興趣的；熱衷的，忠實的；熱切的

I'm an avid reader.

an avid fan of 1960s sci-fi movies

1960年代科幻片的狂熱影迷。

A blanket disdain for indigenous foods doesn't explain the delay, because Spain was avid to adopt a different New World root.

1999，Larry Zuckerman，The Potato: How the Humble Spud Rescued the Western World:

We waited for something to happen, for anything to happen, we were avid for some event to unfold itself out of the burning nothing to save us.

1996，Janette Turner Hospital，Oyster，Virago Press，頁 3:


incomprehensible

more incomprehensible (comparative)
most incomprehensible (superlative)


abrasive

more abrasive (comparative)
most abrasive (superlative)

有研磨作用的；有磨蝕作用的

傷人感情的，性情或態度粗暴的

An abrasive person can grate on one's sensibilities.

Despite her proper upbringing, we found her manners to be terribly abrasive.


adsorbent

more adsorbent (comparative)
most adsorbent (superlative)


beryl

繼承自中古英語 beryl，來自古法語 beril，來自拉丁語 bērillus、bēryllus，來自古希臘語 βήρυλλος (bḗrullos，“綠柱石”)，來自普拉克里特語 [具體何詞?]，來自梵語 वैडूर्य (vaiḍūrya)。


ultimate

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ultime

the true and ultime operations of Heat

1631，Francis [Bacon]，“(please specify |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […]，第3rd版, London: […] William Rawley; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:

Nothing was wanting now to the perfecting of this League, but the ultime and compleating act, the solemn confirmation by Oath.

1654，Hamon L'Estrange，The Reign of King Charles:


coherent

自 co- + haereō 演變為拉丁語 cohaērēns，再演變為中古法語 coherent，再演變而來。By surface analysis, cohere + -ent。

cohærent (alternative)
more coherent (comparative)
most coherent (superlative)

/kəʊˈhɪə.ɹənt/

/kəʉˈhɪə.ɹənt/

統一的、有調理的、連貫的、前後一致的

A sentence like this one cannot be understood unless somehow we can store the underlined words for several seconds, while we wait for the rest of the sentence to arrive, with the information needed to complete a coherent thought.

像這樣的語句是無法理解的，除非我們能以某種方式將畫底線的單字儲存幾秒鐘，同時等句子剩餘部分到來並提供所需資訊，才能完成連貫的思想。

1997年，伯納德·巴爾斯，“Psychology in a World of Sentient, Self-Knowing Beings: A Modest Utopian Fantasy”, in Mind and Brain Sciences in the 21st Century，麻省理工學院出版社, 出版於 1999年, →ISBN，頁 7:

Anglia, is part of a wider phenomenon of the seventh century - the development of recognisable, coherent kingdoms from the fragmented tribal society which emerged from the ruins of Roman Britain.

從羅馬不列顛廢墟中興起的零散部落社會，在七世紀發展成了獨特、統一的王國——盎格利亞，這是當時一種普遍的現象之一。

2005年，湯姆威廉森，Sandlands: The Suffolk Coast and Heaths，Windgather, 出版於 2005 年, →ISBN，頁 15:

She intimidated me so much that I could hardly get out a coherent sentence in her presence.

她嚇壞我了，以至於我在她面前說不上來一句完整的話。

2011，克萊爾·克萊因·達特諾，Behind the Walled Garden of Apartheid: Growing Up White in Segregated South Africa，Media Mint Publishing, 出版於 2011年, →ISBN，頁 124:

調理清晰的、有邏輯的、一致的

Perhaps Khrushchev did have a coherent plan in mind at the time he placed the nuclear missiles in Cuba.

或許赫魯雪夫在古巴發射核飛彈時腦中有過邏輯縝密的計畫。

2007年，肯尼斯·R·哈蒙德，Beyond Rationality: The Search for Wisdom in a Troubled Time，牛津大學出版社, 出版於 2007年, →ISBN，頁 108:

It will dissolve at death with the decay of the body, but it is a perfectly coherent belief that the faithful God will not allow it to be lost but will preserve it in the divine memory.

死亡後，它會隨著身體的腐爛而消散，但忠誠的上帝不會讓它消失，而是會將它保存在神聖的記憶中——這是一種完美連貫的信仰。

2009年，約翰·波金霍爾、尼古拉斯·畢爾，Questions of Truth: Fifty-One Responses to Questions about God, Science, and Belief，威斯敏斯特約翰·諾克斯出版社, 出版於 2009年, →ISBN，頁 23:

Presenting a balanced and coherent argument is an important aspect of a nonempirical dissertation and you need to spend some time considering the most useful route through your argument.

提出中肯且連貫的論點是非實證性論文的重要一環，思考最有效的論證思路要花上一點時間。

2009年，嘉莉·溫斯坦麗，Writing a Dissertation For Dummies，約翰威立, 出版於 2009年, →ISBN:

The underlying problem with transport policy is that there no coherent strategy. Ministers have tended to encourage greater use of motor vehicles through both transport and (particularly) planning policies, while simultaneously warning of the terrible consequences of unfettered growth of road use.

交通政策的潛在問題在於缺乏一個連貫的策略。部長傾向於同時通過交通政策和 (尤其是) 規劃政策來鼓勵更多地使用機動車輛，同時又警告道路使用無節制增長的可怕後果。

2020年December2日，克里斯汀·沃爾瑪，“Wales offers us a glimpse of an integrated transport policy”, in 《鐵路》，頁 56:

各部分相互協調、自然得當的

a coherent design

有相干性的 (波)、有同調性的 (波)

有凝聚性的 (層)、凝聚的 (層)


understood

more understood (comparative)
most understood (superlative)


crystalline

more crystalline (comparative)
most crystalline (superlative)


damp

湿的; 潮濕
參見：dampen


taken

繼承自中古英語 taken、takenn，繼承自古英語 tacen、*ġetacen，源自古諾爾斯語 tekinn，源自原始日耳曼語 *tēkanaz，後者為原始日耳曼語 *tēkaną (“拿走；抓住；觸摸”) 的過去分詞。同源詞包括低地蘇格蘭語 takin、tane、丹麥語 tagen、瑞典語 tagen、冰島語 tekin 等。
字面上源自 take + -n。

He was very taken with the girl, I hear.

我聽說他非常迷戀那個女孩。

I can't ask her out, she's taken.

我不能約她出去，她已經名花有主了。


less

little的比较级；更少


Samaritan

/səˈmæɹɪtən/

/səˈmɛɹɪtən/


your

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音頻（美式） (非重读)


quiet

中古英語 quiete < 古法語 quiet , quiete < 拉丁語 quiētus < 原始印歐語 *kʷyeh₁-


fibrous

more fibrous (comparative)
most fibrous (superlative)


foliate

more foliate (comparative)
most foliate (superlative)


abandoned

more abandoned (comparative)
most abandoned (superlative)

放蕩的 （首次用於1350年至1470年）

Such immunity to offenders offered a safe asylum to the vilest and most abandoned scoundrels.

1876，Alexander Davidson，A Complete History of Illinois from 1673 to 1884，頁 232:

被遺棄的，被拋棄的 （15世紀晚期）

[…] your abandoned streams […]

不羈的 （17世紀晚期）

Everything was dirty and shabby. There was no sign of the abandoned luxury that Colonel MacAndrew had so confidently described.

1919，W. Somerset Maugham，章號 11, in The Moon and Sixpence:

不再受到形成它的地質作用力的影響


young

younger (comparative)
youngest (superlative)


disgraceful

[dɪsˈɡɹeɪsfəɫ]

[dɪzˈɡɹeɪsfəɫ]


macroscopic

可以無須其他方式輔助，以肉眼觀查的；宏观的


medial

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metamorphic

/ˌmɛtəˈmɔɹfɪk/


mimetic

more mimetic (comparative)
most mimetic (superlative)


orogenic

/ɒɹə(ʊ)ˈdʒɛnɪk/


photographic

/ˌfoʊtəˈɡɹæfɪk/

[ˌfoʊɾəˈɡɹæfɪk]


archaeological

more archaeological (comparative)
most archaeological (superlative)

A living floor is, in archaeological terms, the floor of a cave upon which people lived and which retains evidence of their activities.

从考古学角度来说，生活层是指人们居住的洞穴的地面，上面保留着他们活动的证据。

2018，Tim Flannery，Europe: A Natural History，頁 202:


archer

/ˈɑː(ɹ).t͡ʃə(ɹ)/

arch 的比較級形式。


polygonal

/pəˈlɪɡənəl/


obituary

/əˈbɪtjʊəɹɪ/

/əʊ̯ˈbɪtjʊəɹɪ/

/əˈbɪtjʊəɹiː/

/əʊ̯ˈbɪtjʊəɹiː/

/əˈbɪtʃuˌɜɹi/

/oʊˈbɪtʃuˌɜɹi/

/oʊˈbɪtʃəɹi/


prosthetic

/ˌpɹɑsˈθɛtɪk/


respiratory

/ɹɪˈspɪɹət(ə)ɹi/

/ɹɪˈspʌɪɹət(ə)ɹi/

/ˈɹɛspəɹəˌtɔɹi/

/ɹɪˈspaɪɹəˌtɔɹi/


quadratic

借自法語 quadratique (1765)，派生自拉丁語 quadrātus + -ique（英語 -ic），源自quadrō (“我做正方形”)，源自quādrus (“正方形”)，最終源自原始印歐語 *kʷetwóres (“四”)，同 拉丁語 quartus (“四”)。

二次多項式的，涉及變量的二次冪（平方）但沒有更高的冪的，如 ax²+bx+c。

二次方程式的，如 ax²+bx+c=0。

二次函式的，如y=ax²+bx+c。


antibiotic

more antibiotic (comparative)
most antibiotic (superlative)

與地球外生命體不存在的理論相關的


lactic

乳(汁)的，由乳汁取得的


probiotic

more probiotic (comparative)
most probiotic (superlative)


abiotic

首次記錄於1874年。源自 a- + biotic，前半部分源自 古希臘語 ἀ- (a-)，後半部分源自 古希臘語 βιωτικός (biōtikós，“生命的”)，源自βίος (bíos，“生命”) + -ῐκός (-ĭkós)。


poikilothermic

體溫隨環境而變化的，變溫的


little

less (comparative)
lesser (comparative)
littler (comparative)
least (superlative)
littlest (superlative)


important

源自中古英語 important ← 中世紀拉丁語 importānt-, importāns。

more important (comparative)
most important (superlative)

[ɪmˈpʰɔːʔn̩t]

[ɪmˈpʰɔɹʔn̩t]

[ɪmˈpʰɔɹʔɪ̃nt̚]

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automatic

/ˌɔːtəˈmætɪk/

/ˌɔtəˈmætɪk/

[ˌɔɾəˈmæɾɪk]


regional

/ˈɹiːdʒənəl/


a cappella

借自意大利語 alla cappella (“以[西斯廷]教堂的方式”)，指非器樂合唱團。

a capella (alternative)
acapella (alternative)

/ˌɑ kəˈpɛl.ə/

無伴奏合唱的 （首次記錄於19世紀晚期）

An a cappella group sang during the wedding reception.

一個無伴奏合唱團在婚宴上唱歌。

與一種主要與美國大學表演團體相關的純聲樂形式有關的

Socially, a cappella groups tend to be tight-knit ensembles in which close interpersonal relationships are formed.

2012，Joshua S. Duchan，Powerful Voices，頁 2:


low

lower (comparative)
lowest (superlative)


a la carte

à la carte的另一種寫法


a la mode

借自法語 à la mode (“時尚的”)。

à la mode (alternative)
alamode (alternative)
ala mode (alternative)

Our pie a la mode has a scoop of vanilla ice cream on top.

With a bowl of beef stew, apple pie a la mode, and two cups of coffee under his belt, Gus Wilson walked leisurely back to the Model Garage.

November 1959, "Martin Bunn", Popular Science, Gus Pulls a Switch:

（牛肉）以酒熬煮成濃汁的；用蔬菜燉煮並塗上豬油的


a posteriori

古典借詞，源自拉丁語 ā posteriōrī。康德將其作為藝術術語引入後用於哲學。

more a posteriori (comparative)
most a posteriori (superlative)

What Locke calls "knowledge" they have called "a priori knowledge"; what he calls "opinion" or "belief" they have called "a posteriori" or "empirical knowledge".
（請為本使用例添加中文翻譯）

1988, Woolhouse, R. S., The empiricists, Oxford University Press.

在現有語言的基礎上發展的


a priori

首次記錄於1610年，借自拉丁語 ā priōrī (字面意思是“源自前者”)。

apriori (alternative)
more a priori (comparative)
most a priori (superlative)

/ˌeɪ pɹaɪˈɔːɹaɪ/

/ˌɑː pɹiˈɔːɹi/


A-one

船身和設備都保持最佳狀況的


political

more political (comparative)
most political (superlative)


Aaronic

Aaronical (alternative)
more Aaronic (comparative)
most Aaronic (superlative)


abbatial

繼承自中古英語 abbacyal，派生自中古法語 abbatial，派生自晚期拉丁語 abbatialis，源自abbatia (“大修道院，大寺院”) + -ialis (“具有…特性的”)。

abbatical (alternative)
more abbatial (comparative)
most abbatial (superlative)

/ˈæˌbeɪ.ʃl̩/

修道院的 （自17世紀）


abdominous

【解剖学】腹(部)的；位于腹部的

【动物学】(鱼)有腹鳍的


vert

源自中古英語 vert，源自古法語 vert，源自拉丁語 viridis。 virid 的同源對似詞。

more vert (comparative)
most vert (superlative)


abiding

more abiding (comparative)
most abiding (superlative)


abhorrent

借自拉丁語 abhorrēns, abhorrēntis，abhorreō (“痛恨”) 的現在主動分詞。等價於abhor + -ent。

more abhorrent (comparative)
most abhorrent (superlative)

背离的，相悖的，相反的 （16世纪末）

abhorrent thoughts

The persons most abhorrent from blood, and treason, and arbitrary confiscation, might remain silent spectators of this civil war between the vices.

1803，Edmund Burke，Reflections on the Revolution in France:

与...相反的，与...不协调的（17世纪中叶）

This legal, and, as it should seem, injudicious profanation, so abhorrent to out stricter principles, was received with a very faint murmur, ...

1827，Edward Gibbon，The History of the Decline And Fall of the Roman Empire:

In establishing his ideal state he expressed some opinions utterly abhorrent to our customs and ways of living. He believed, for instance, that all wives should be held in common ... with the result that no one could tell his own children from those of a perfect stranger.

1990，James Hankins，Plato in the Italian Renaissance:

怀恨的，憎恶的，痛恨的 （18世纪中叶）

令人厌恶的，可恨的，可憎的 （19世纪初叶）

If Pride, abhorrent as it is, and if Ambition, ...

That, I protest, is a doctrine psychologically impossible and ethically abhorrent.

The arts of pleasure in despotic courts I spurn, abhorrent; in a spotless heart I look for pleasure.


able-bodied

[ˈeɪbɫ ˈbɑːɾɪd]


ablative

繼承自中古英語 ablative, ablatife, ablatyf, ablatif，派生自古法語 ablatif (“離格”)，派生自拉丁語 ablātīvus (“表示移除”)，源自ablātus (“被帶走的”)，源自auferō (“我帶走”)

為了保護底層而犧牲的、磨損或被破壞的，如用於防污的燒蝕塗料。


zealous

來自古希臘語 ζῆλος (zêlos，“熱心、戒備”)，來自ζηλόω (zēlóō，“競爭，嫉妒”)。jealous 的同源對似詞。

zelous (alternative)
more zealous (comparative)
most zealous (superlative)

Doubtless many will exclaim against the Roman Catholic Church for this; but the simple truth is that Protestantism was no less zealous against the new scientific doctrine.

1896，Andrew Dickson White，A History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom，第2004版，頁 122:

[…]and there were few more zealous dancers at the fashionable balls in the Raleigh Tavern at Williamsburg.

1940，Foster Rhea Dulles，America Learns to Play: A history of popular recreation, 1607-1940，頁 61:

Newt Gingrich […]left Congress in 1998, following GOP midterm-election losses that many blamed on his zealous pursuit of Bill Clinton's impeachment.

2011 April 4，“Newt Gingrich”, in Time, retrieved 2013-09-09:


Taiwanese

more Taiwanese (comparative)
most Taiwanese (superlative)

Taiwan 和 Taiwanese 都被廣泛用作定語，例如 Taiwan/Taiwanese culture (“臺灣文化”)、Taiwan/Taiwanese government (“臺灣政府”)、Taiwan/Taiwanese food (“臺灣美食”)等。

As Reece Overhalt spoke to the President, the first reports came in of China’s invasion of the Taiwanese island of Peikan, just off the coast of Fujian.

當里斯·奧弗哈特與總統交談時，第一份關於中國入侵臺灣北竿島的報導傳來，該島位於福建沿海。

1997，Humphrey Hawksley，Simon Hoberton，章號 7, in Dragon Strike: The Millennium War (Fiction), Sidgwick & Jackson, →ISBN, →OCLC，頁 338:

At 6.30 am on 23 August 1958, Mao delivered his response to Khrushchev's peace initiative. The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) rained thousands of artillery shells onto the Taiwanese islands of Kinmen and Matsu. The bombardment continued unabated for 44 days, during which time Kinmen sustained hits from over 474,000 artillery shells.

1958年8月23日早上6時30分，毛澤東對赫魯雪夫的和平倡議作出了回應。中國人民解放軍向臺灣金門島和馬祖島發射了數千枚砲彈。有增無減的砲擊持續了44天，期間金門遭受超過474,000枚砲彈的襲擊。

1998，Robert Storey，“Islands of the Taiwan Straits”, in Taiwan (Lonely Planet)，第4th版, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL，頁 308:


tetramerous

(花的部分,如花輪)四個一組的


synchronous

/ˈsɪŋkɹənəs/


honey

來自中古英語 hony, honi，來自古英語 huniġ，來自原始西日耳曼語 *hunag，來自原始日耳曼語 *hunagą（對照西弗里斯蘭語 hunich、德語 Honig），來自早期*hunangą（對比瑞典語 honung），來自原始印歐語 *kn̥h₂onk-o-s，來自*kn̥h₂ónks。和中古威爾士語 canecon (“金”)、拉丁語 canicae 複 (“糠”)、吐火羅語B kronkśe (“蜂”)、阿爾巴尼亞語 qengjë (“蜂巢”)、古希臘語 κνῆκος (knêkos，“紅花”)、北庫爾德語 şan (“蜂巢”)、北盧里語 گونج (gonj，“蜂”)同源。

So work the honey-bees, / Creatures that by a rule in nature teach / The act of order to a peopled kingdom.

1599 William Shakespeare, Henry V, act 1, scene 2:


variegated

vârʹēəgā'tĭd

/ˈveəɹɪəˌɡeɪtɪd/

/ˈvæɹi.əˌɡeɪtɪd/

vârʹēəgā'tĭd

/ˈveəɹɪəˌɡeɪtɪd/


xeromorphic

/zɪəɹəˈmɔɹfɪk/


xerothermic

more xerothermic (comparative)
most xerothermic (superlative)


zonal

more zonal (comparative)
most zonal (superlative)


tuff

tuffer (comparative)
tuffest (superlative)

tough的視覺方言拼法。

Tuff Stuff teaches that while life may go smoothly most of the time, ...

1980，Joy Wilt Berry, Ernie Hergenroeder，Tuff Stuff: A Children's Book about Trauma，Educational Products Division, Word, Inc., →ISBN:

… yet never to make us so strong as the strongest of Men, whose Sinnews are tuffer, and Bones stronger, and Joints closer, and Flesh firmer, than ours are …

2000，Margaret Cavendish，“Preface to the Reader (1655)”, in Paper Bodies, →ISBN，頁 139:

It was rave reviewed in the Caribbean Times as 'the ruffest, tuffest and the boo-yacka of all modern gangster novels'.

2003，Ronald Carter，The Routledge Guide to Modern English Writing (Language Arts), Routledge, →ISBN，頁 96:

TUFF METER

2006，Paige Hemmis，The Tuff Chix Guide to Easy Home Improvement，Penguin, →ISBN，頁 36:

Its Tuff-n-Tiny USB flash drive is about the size of a thumbnail. … The company insists that the "tuff" part of the name is well-earned for being waterproof, dustproof and you can drive a car over it.

2010年January20日，Robert J. Elisberg，“CES 2020 -- Ohm on the Range”, in Huffington Post, retrieved 2012-09-14:


prim

源自 普羅旺斯方言 prim (“細膩、優秀”)，源自古法語 prim，prin，源自:Template:lena 拉丁語 primus (“首先”)。prime 的同源對似詞。

primmer (comparative)
primmest (superlative)

God damn it, what does she want of me, this sad, beautiful bridgeplayer of the Fifth Floor, with her air of lost love and her prim carnality? After seven years of her, Brotherhood still had no idea. He'd be out touring the stations, he'd be in Bongabonga land. He'd not speak or write to her for months. Yet he'd hardly unpacked his toothbrush before she was in his arms, demanding him with her sad and hungry eyes.

正式的；精確的；故作整潔或漂亮

prim regularity; a prim person


ace

無性戀的（asexual 的縮寫）


active

more active (comparative)
most active (superlative)


advanced

more advanced (comparative)
further advanced (comparative)
most advanced (superlative)
furthest advanced (superlative)


anonymous

more anonymous (comparative)
most anonymous (superlative)


Aussie

:源自 Australian / Australia。 表亲昵、指小的后缀 "-ie"
/-i/
 在澳洲英语十分常见，如 footy、Frenchie、bikie 等。Oz 为其简称。

美國，加拿大，cot–caught 合併

美國，加拿大，cot–caught 合併

美國，加拿大，cot–caught 合併

美國，加拿大，cot–caught 合併


cacciatore

/ˌkætʃ.əˈtɔːɹ.i/

/ˌkɑt͡ʃ.əˈtɔɹ.i/

chasseur

以意大利風格烹調，配上葡萄酒、蘑菇、香料和番茄的

以意大利風格烹調，配上葡萄酒、蘑菇、香料和番茄的


cacoethic

more cacoethic (comparative)
most cacoethic (superlative)


calligraphic

源自古希臘語 καλλιγραφικός (kalligraphikós)。

/ˌkælɪˈɡɹæfɪk/


cheeky

cheekier (comparative)
cheekiest (superlative)


Chilean

The Chilean Amphijubula Schust. (Schuster, 1970a) which has the facies of a small Frullania and agrees with Frullania in leaf insertion and branching, has a nontiered seta with 16 epidermal cell rows surrounding 4 inner rows.

1992年，魯道夫馬蒂亞斯舒斯特，The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian，卷 V, 伊州芝加哥: 菲爾德自然史博物館, →ISBN，頁 6:


Choctaw

與喬克托族/喬克托語有關的


churchly

churchlier (comparative)
churchliest (superlative)


carnivorous

more carnivorous (comparative)
most carnivorous (superlative)


cirrhotic

more cirrhotic (comparative)
most cirrhotic (superlative)


cathartic

more cathartic (comparative)
most cathartic (superlative)


catlike

more catlike (comparative)
most catlike (superlative)

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緩慢的，謹慎的，安靜的，隱密的

With cat-like tread,
 Upon our prey we steal;
In silence dread,
 Our cautious way we feel.

1879，W. S. Gilbert，The Pirates of Penzance, Act II:


ceremonious

more ceremonious (comparative)
most ceremonious (superlative)


clinical

more clinical (comparative)
most clinical (superlative)

Medicine is now more often practiced in a clinical setting than in the home.

現在醫學治療更多是在臨床環境，而非在患者家裡實施了。

Remarkably United’s 10 men almost salvaged an improbable draw during a late, spirited challenge. They showed great competitive courage in that period and there were chances for Robin van Persie, Ángel Di María and Marouane Fellaini to punish City for defending too deeply and not being more clinical with their opportunities at the other end.

November 2 2014, Daniel Taylor, "Sergio Agüero strike wins derby for Manchester City against 10-man United," guardian.co.uk

Fly-half Jonny Wilkinson put his below-par performance against Argentina behind him with a fine first-half showing, slotting four kicks from six and controlling his back-line with aplomb, while England's three-quarters were brimming with life and clinical with their execution.

2011年September24日，Ben Dirs，“Rugby World Cup 2011: England 67-3 Romania”, in BBC Sport:

a clinical convert

clinical baptism


cloak-and-dagger

仿譯自法語 de cape et d'épée (“披風與劍”)；首次用於1840年。法語短語最初描述的是一種戲劇類型，其中主要角色穿著披風並持劍。1840年，亨利·華茲華斯·朗費羅使用了「cloak and sword」這個詞，而一年後查尔斯·狄更斯選擇了「cloak and dagger」。

covert

（常指間諜、故事等）神秘離奇的，詭秘的

clandestine

（常指間諜、故事等）神秘離奇的，詭秘的

undercover

（常指間諜、故事等）神秘離奇的，詭秘的

（常指間諜、故事等）神秘離奇的，詭秘的

Israel wages cloak-and-dagger war on Iran [headline]

2009年February18日，Philip Sherwell, Dina Kraft，“Israel wages cloak-and-dagger war on Iran”, in The Age:


Confucianist

more Confucianist (comparative)
most Confucianist (superlative)


criminological

more criminological (comparative)
most criminological (superlative)

In my own opinion, “criminal religious movements” (CRMs) is a more accurate and useful category than “cults.” It uses, although selectively, elements from the criminological tradition. It avoids the word “cult” and tries to disentangle the category from both the folk psychology of brainwashing and the politics of “extremism” in theology.

2023年March29日，Beatriz Caiuby Labate，Clancy Cavnar，Religious Freedom and the Global Regulation of Ayahuasca，Taylor & Francis, →ISBN:


consequential

more consequential (comparative)
most consequential (superlative)

The more profound and consequential the issue, the more stubborn our denial.

2023年September18日，Charles Hugh Smith，The Peculiar Power of Denial:


conspiratorial

more conspiratorial (comparative)
most conspiratorial (superlative)

/kənˌspɪɹəˈtɔːɹɪəl/


cocky

cockier (comparative)
cockiest (superlative)


contaminative

more contaminative (comparative)
most contaminative (superlative)

汙損的、污染的、弄髒了的


coercive

more coercive (comparative)
most coercive (superlative)

/kəʊˈɜː(ɹ)sɪv/


cogitable

more cogitable (comparative)
most cogitable (superlative)

/ˈkɑd͡ʒɪtəbəl/

可思考的，可由思考得出的


cumbersome

more cumbersome (comparative)
most cumbersome (superlative)


cool

cooler (comparative)
coolest (superlative)


curatorial

more curatorial (comparative)
most curatorial (superlative)


curvy

curvier (comparative)
curviest (superlative)

A city is entangled in straight lines, while nature is curvy. Fast is straight, but slow is curvy and patient.

2015，dehyun sohn, Hee-Jung Jang, Timothy Jung，Go Slow and Curvy: Understanding the Philosophy of the Cittaslow slowcity Phenomenon，Springer, →ISBN，頁 5:

I love this woman and her curvy body.

He tried to shift his focus back to Jessica and their wedding, but the soft, curvy blonde he'd met recently was stealing more and more of his attention.

2013，Ava Catori，The Big, Not-So-Small, Curvy Girls Dating Agency，Ava Catori Books:


collegial

more collegial (comparative)
most collegial (superlative)


cylindrical

more cylindrical (comparative)
most cylindrical (superlative)


correspondent

more correspondent (comparative)
most correspondent (superlative)


comfortable

[ˈkʰʌɱf.tʰə̥.bɫ̩]

[ˈkʰɐɱ.fɾɘ.bɯ]


comical

more comical (comparative)
most comical (superlative)

It was a comical performance.

The tutor excelled in comical scoldings.

He's just put salt in his tea instead of sugar. What a comical error!

Mr. Sanders has scored some rhetorical points against Mrs. Clinton for her longstanding ties to Wall Street, but she has responded well, and it would be comical to watch any of the Republican candidates try to make that case, given that they are all virtually tied to, or actually part of, the business establishment.

2016 January 30, "Hillary Clinton for the Democratic Nomination," The New York Times (retrieved 30 January 2016):


Corsican

more Corsican (comparative)
most Corsican (superlative)

/ˈkɔːɹsɪkən/


comparative

more comparative (comparative)
most comparative (superlative)


compensable

more compensable (comparative)
most compensable (superlative)


complacent

more complacent (comparative)
most complacent (superlative)


compliant

more compliant (comparative)
most compliant (superlative)


composite

more composite (comparative)
most composite (superlative)


courageous

繼承自中古英語 corajous，來自古法語 corageus，來自corage + -eus。

more courageous (comparative)
most courageous (superlative)

/kəˈɹeɪd͡ʒəs/

bold

勇敢的，有膽量的，有勇氣的

brave

勇敢的，有膽量的，有勇氣的

hardy

勇敢的，有膽量的，有勇氣的

valorous

勇敢的，有膽量的，有勇氣的

勇敢的，有膽量的，有勇氣的

the most courageous person I have ever met

In 1979, following Jimmy Carter’s unexpected and unreasonable decision to transfer diplomatic recognition from Taipei to Beijing, the Congress passed the Taiwan Relations Act to preserve our relationship with this courageous nation. We believed that it was vital for our allies and for those who were not our allies to know that the United States would not abandon its friends.

1979年，在吉米·卡出人意料且不合理地决定将外交承认从台北转至北京之后，国会通过了《台湾关系法》，以维护我们与这个勇敢国家的关系。我们认为，让我们的盟友和非盟友了解美国不会抛弃朋友至关重要。

2005，Jesse Helms，“Foreign Relations Experiences”, in Here's Where I Stand: A Memoir，New York: Random House, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC，頁s 228–229:

a courageous deed


covalent

more covalent (comparative)
most covalent (superlative)

共价的，共价键的，共价性的


condign

more condign (comparative)
most condign (superlative)


creative

more creative (comparative)
most creative (superlative)

The future belongs to those aware enough to see the system, brave enough to reject it, and creative enough to build something better.

2025年January23日，Joshua Stylman，The Algorithmic Age:


delusional

more delusional (comparative)
most delusional (superlative)


deceitful

more deceitful (comparative)
most deceitful (superlative)


dechlorinating

more dechlorinating (comparative)
most dechlorinating (superlative)


decrescendo

more decrescendo (comparative)
most decrescendo (superlative)

/diːˌkɹɛˈʃɛndəʊ/


departmental

借自法語 départemental。By surface analysis, department + -al。départemental 的同源對似詞。


dependable

more dependable (comparative)
most dependable (superlative)

He was a very dependable person.


defamatory

more defamatory (comparative)
most defamatory (superlative)


derisory

more derisory (comparative)
most derisory (superlative)

/dɪˈɹaɪzəɹi/


degenerative

more degenerative (comparative)
most degenerative (superlative)


derogatory

/dɪˈɹɒɡətɹi/

/dɪˈɹɑɡətɔɹi/


despairing

/dɪˈspɛəɹ.ɪŋ/


detestable

借自中古法語 détestable。By surface analysis, detest + -able。

more detestable (comparative)
most detestable (superlative)

令人討厭的，可憎的，可惡的


detrimental

來自中世紀拉丁語 *dētrīmentālis，來自拉丁語 dētrīmentum (“損傷”)，來自dēterō (“擦掉，磨損”)，來自dē- (“向下，遠離”) + terō (“擦或抓”)。

more detrimental (comparative)
most detrimental (superlative)

Smoking tobacco can be detrimental to your health.

"The fact is," continued he, "Lady Anne fears that my visits here may prove detrimental to what she considers your best interests. I thought myself an old, safe friend; but, as that cannot be explained to every body, she fears that I may keep off other and more eligible lovers."

1842，Letitia Elizabeth Landon，Lady Anne Granard，卷 1，頁s 142-143:


disintegrative

more disintegrative (comparative)
most disintegrative (superlative)


diabetic

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displeased

more displeased (comparative)
most displeased (superlative)

a displeased customer


dissolvent

more dissolvent (comparative)
most dissolvent (superlative)

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solvent

有溶解力的，具有溶解固體的能力的

有溶解力的，具有溶解固體的能力的

[T]he operator evidently perceives the dissolvent property of the jaggery water, on its being tempered with the prepared mortar.

1834，Rám Ráz，Essay on the Architecture of the Hindús，倫敦: […] [F]or the Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland; by John William Parker, […], →OCLC，頁 64:


distracted

more distracted (comparative)
most distracted (superlative)

Plenty of accidents happened with a look-out present but momentarily distracted.

2021年September22日，Dr Mike Esbester，“Trackside safety: a permanent problem”, in RAIL，期 940，頁 79:


diurnal

more diurnal (comparative)
most diurnal (superlative)


divided

繼承自中古英語 divided、devided、devidid，中古英語 dividen (“分開，分隔”) 的過去分詞，等價於 divide + -ed。

more divided (comparative)
most divided (superlative)

divided opinions

divided nation

被行車線分隔成相反方向車道的


doable

more doable (comparative)
most doable (superlative)


difficult

艰难的；困难的；艰苦的；严竣的


dour

dourer (comparative)
more dour (comparative)
dourest (superlative)
most dour (superlative)


dupable

more dupable (comparative)
most dupable (superlative)


dirigible

來自法語 dirigeable，來自ballon dirigeable (“可操控的氣球”)。

more dirigible (comparative)
most dirigible (superlative)

/ˈdɪɹɪdʒəbəɫ/


dysgenic

more dysgenic (comparative)
most dysgenic (superlative)


discountable

more discountable (comparative)
most discountable (superlative)


discreditable

more discreditable (comparative)
most discreditable (superlative)


ecclesiastical

more ecclesiastical (comparative)
most ecclesiastical (superlative)


experiential

more experiential (comparative)
most experiential (superlative)

/ɛkˌspɪəɹiˈɛnʃəl/

/ɪkˌspɪəɹiˈɛnʃəl/

/ɪkˌspɪɹiˈɛnʃəl/


expiatory

more expiatory (comparative)
most expiatory (superlative)


explanatory

more explanatory (comparative)
most explanatory (superlative)


expressionless

more expressionless (comparative)
most expressionless (superlative)


endothermic

more endothermic (comparative)
most endothermic (superlative)

/ˌɛndəʊˈθəːmɪk/


ecstatic

more ecstatic (comparative)
most ecstatic (superlative)


eightfold

繼承自中古英語 [具體何詞?]，繼承自古英語 eahtafeald。等價於eight + -fold。


eightieth

繼承自中古英語 eiȝtetithe、eiȝtithe；等價於 eighty + -eth。


environmental

That worries the government, which fears that environmental activism could become the foundation for more general political opposition.

2013年August10日，“Can China clean up fast enough?”, in The Economist，卷 408, 期 8848:


environmentalist

more environmentalist (comparative)
most environmentalist (superlative)

The environmentalist explanation would be that tropical environment retards or depresses culture through its physiological effect on the human organism.

1939，Alfred L. Kroeber，Cultural and Natural Areas of Native North America，出版於 1963，頁 69:


emblematic

more emblematic (comparative)
most emblematic (superlative)


equine

古典借詞，源自拉丁語 equīnus (“有關馬的”)。

more equine (comparative)
most equine (superlative)


equitable

more equitable (comparative)
most equitable (superlative)


emulsifiable

more emulsifiable (comparative)
most emulsifiable (superlative)


escaped

People are being warned not to approach the escaped prisoner.

人们被警告不要接近这名越狱囚犯。


yeasty

yeastier (comparative)
yeastiest (superlative)


yew

源自中古英語 ew，源自古英語 īw、ēow，源自原始日耳曼語 *īwaz、*īhwaz（對比冰島語 ýr），*īwō的陽性變體（對比荷蘭語 ijf、德語 Eibe），源自原始印歐語 *h₁eyHweh₂。
也見赫梯語 [需要文字] (eja，“一種常綠樹”)、威爾士語 yw (“紫杉”)、愛爾蘭語 eo [與古英語 īw、ēow同源]；以及拉特加萊語 īva (“稠李”)、立陶宛語 ievà (“稠李”)、俄語 и́ва (íva，“柳樹”)。


yielding

more yielding (comparative)
most yielding (superlative)

柔软的，易弯曲的，易变形的


yolky

yolkier (comparative)
yolkiest (superlative)


yummy

yummier (comparative)
yummiest (superlative)


zestful

more zestful (comparative)
most zestful (superlative)


zetetic

派生自古希臘語 ζητητικός (zētētikós)，源自ζητέω (zētéō)。


xian

Xian的首字母小寫形。

(有時帶冒犯性或貶義) Xian的另一種寫法: 基督教的

But what an epoch in the xian world—what a time for a xian Orator to make a deep & eternal impression on socity:Template:SIC.

1993，Mary Moody Emerson，The Selected Letters of Mary Moody Emerson，Athens: University of Georgia Press，頁 242:


warty

wartier (comparative)
more warty (comparative)
wartiest (superlative)
most warty (superlative)


waterproof

源自water + -proof。對照西弗里斯蘭語 wetterproef (“waterproof”)，荷蘭語 waterproef (“waterproof”)。

more waterproof (comparative)
most waterproof (superlative)

防水的，不滲水的，不透水的


wispy

wispier (comparative)
wispiest (superlative)


weekly

源自中古英語 wekely、weikly (副詞)，等同於week + -ly。對比荷蘭語 wekelijks、德語 wöchentlich、丹麥語 ugentlig、挪威語 ukentlig、冰島語 vikulega、瑞典語 veckovis。

He's going for his weekly check-up at the hospital.

他每週都要去醫院做檢查。

In summer, we cut the grass on a weekly basis.

夏天的時候，我們每週割一次草。


wordless

more wordless (comparative)
most wordless (superlative)


well-known

well known (alternative)
wellknown (alternative)
better-known (comparative)
more well-known (comparative)
best-known (superlative)
most well-known (superlative)


well-worn

more well-worn (comparative)
most well-worn (superlative)

The decay of social norms and status quo systems triggering an authoritarian tightening of the screws is a well-worn pattern throughout human history.

2023年August28日，Charles Hugh Smith，Neither Comply Nor Resist:


worldwide

more worldwide (comparative)
most worldwide (superlative)


whacked

more whacked (comparative)
most whacked (superlative)

After that all-night party, we were all whacked.

那次通宵聚会后，我们都累坏了。

吸毒後進入興奮狀態的，嗑嗨的

Big Dima said he found it 'very much sexiness' knowing we could hear him getting whacked on speed and fucking Svetlana's rather sparse brains out almost every day.

2014，Boris Mihailovic，At the Altar of the Road Gods: Stories of motorcycles and other drugs:


verboten

借自德語 verboten (“禁止的，不許的”)。

Before that, students and professors could date whomever we wanted; the next day we were off-limits to one another—verboten, traife, dangerous (and perhaps, therefore, all the more alluring).

在此之前，學生和教授可以和我們想要的任何人約會；第二天，我們彼此都被禁止了——被禁止的，不潔淨的，危險的（也許，因而更有吸引力）。

2015年February27日，Laura Kipnis，“Sexual Paranoia Strikes Academe”, in The Chronicle of Higher Education:

Or was it because he has since been steeped in the relentless positivity of Silicon Valley, where it is verboten to imagine a bad outcome?

還是因為他後來一直沉浸在矽谷無情的積極態度中，在那裡，想像一個壞的結果是被禁止的？

2018年August2日，Kara Swisher，“The Expensive Education of Mark Zuckerberg and Silicon Valley”, in New York Times:


verdant

more verdant (comparative)
most verdant (superlative)


valuable

more valuable (comparative)
most valuable (superlative)


vegetal

借自晚期拉丁語 vegetālis，來自vegetō。

more vegetal (comparative)
most vegetal (superlative)

/ˈvɛdʒɪ̈tl̩/


vehicular

vehicular homicide

Ernest had a fear of vehicular travel, and ended up walking everywhere.

歐內斯特害怕乘車出行，所以到處都是步行。

兩個沒有共同母語和共同文化的群體之間使用的；作為媒介的

vehicular language

English is used as a vehicular language in many business settings.

英語在許多商業場合被用作媒介語言。

Latin was a vehicular language for natural philosophers and others from the late Renaissance to the late 18th century.

從文藝復興晚期到 18 世紀晚期，拉丁語是自然哲學家和其他人的媒介語言。


vindictive

more vindictive (comparative)
most vindictive (superlative)


viral

more viral (comparative)
most viral (superlative)


virginal

more virginal (comparative)
most virginal (superlative)


virtuous

more virtuous (comparative)
most virtuous (superlative)

/ˈvɜːt͡ʃʊəs/


virulent

more virulent (comparative)
most virulent (superlative)


unpredictable

more unpredictable (comparative)
most unpredictable (superlative)

Sharks are not unpredictable; for the most part, they do exactly what an apex predator is expected to do.

1983，Richard Ellis，The Book of Sharks，Knopf, →ISBN，頁 146:

predictable


unquiet

unquieter (comparative)
unquietest (superlative)

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-unquiet.wav


unrealistic

more unrealistic (comparative)
most unrealistic (superlative)

How much of our thinking is based on unrealistic planted scripts of drama, romance and violence?

2008年August13日，Charles Hugh Smith，When Societies Watch Too Much Television:

It meant all through journeys required at least two changes of train, making commuting to London unrealistic. Passengers on all affected routes were urged not to travel.

2023年January25日，Paul Clifton，“Network News: Landslip wrecks London commuter services for 'weeks'”, in RAIL，期 975，頁 8:


unrecognizable

more unrecognizable (comparative)
most unrecognizable (superlative)

/ʌnˈɹɛkəɡnaɪzəbəl/

/ʌnɹɪˈkɒɡnɪzəbəl/

He’s forced to travel back to 1969 to prevent an evil alien (a shockingly effective, nearly unrecognizable Jemaine Clement of Flight Of The Conchords, playing sort of a psychotic extraterrestrial-biker serial killer) from destroying the world by killing Brolin. Smith is aided in his quest by an elfin, time-jumping alien with psychic powers played by another Coen brothers veteran, A Serious Man star Michael Stuhlbarg.

他被迫回到1969年，阻止一個邪惡的外星人（《弦樂航班》中的杰梅奈·克萊門特，令人震驚的、幾乎無法辨認的杰梅奈·克萊門特，扮演一個精神失常的外星摩托車連環殺手）殺死布洛林，從而毀滅世界。史密斯在這次任務中得到了一個擁有超能力的精靈般的時間跳躍外星人的幫助，這個外星人由另一位科恩兄弟老將、《嚴肅的男人》明星邁克爾·斯圖巴扮演。

2012年May24日，Nathan Rabin，“Film: Reviews: Men In Black 3”, in The Onion AV Club:


usual

源自中古英語 usual ← 古法語 usuel ← 拉丁語 ūsuālis (“習慣的，往常的，共同的，習慣的，適用的”) ← ūsus (“使用，風俗，習俗”)，ūtī (“使用”)的過去分詞詞幹。

more usual (comparative)
most usual (superlative)

通常的，寻常的，向有的，常见的，平常的，一向的


ultramafic

more ultramafic (comparative)
most ultramafic (superlative)


umbilical

脐带的
參見：navel


unacceptable

来自中古英語 unacceptabylle，等价于un- + acceptable。

more unacceptable (comparative)
most unacceptable (superlative)

At the same time, the signing of a temporary truce with the Russian Federation without the withdrawal of its troops from the territory of Ukraine, according to 89% of the population, is unacceptable.

與此同時，89%的受访者认为，在俄羅斯聯邦不從烏克蘭领土撤軍的情況下，與之簽署臨時停火協議的行为是無法接受的。

2022年March20日，“Some 93% of Ukrainians believe in victory, 89% against temporary truce with Russia – poll”, in Interfax-Ukraine:


unaligned

more unaligned (comparative)
most unaligned (superlative)


feathery

featherier (comparative)
more feathery (comparative)
featheriest (superlative)
most feathery (superlative)


factious

more factious (comparative)
most factious (superlative)


unbearable

more unbearable (comparative)
most unbearable (superlative)

不能/無法忍受的；難以忍受的

The heat of the fire, the steam which arose from the dampening water, the hard slogging at the white-hot metal of the links, and the continual pulling of lengths of chain, were calculated to put a test on the strongest of men, and often on hot summer days they had to be sent home, for the work became unbearable.

1945 January and February，A Former Pupil，“Some Memories of Crewe Works—III”, in Railway Magazine，頁 14:


unwearying

more unwearying (comparative)
most unwearying (superlative)


unbecoming

來自un- + becoming。對照中古英語 unbicomelich (“不適當”)。

more unbecoming (comparative)
most unbecoming (superlative)

/ˌʌnbɪˈkʌmɪŋ/

A very small expensive black toque was hideously unbecoming to the yellow, toad-like face beneath it.

1934，Agatha Christie，章號 3, in Murder on the Orient Express，London: HarperCollins, 出版於 2017，頁 25:

― Lily: “Don’t stare so much. It’s unbecoming. It makes you look like a country bumpkin.”

2017年July12日，Moe! Ninja Girls (文獻語言：英語), Japan: NTT Solmare, 經由 iOS, Android，幕：Season 7, Chapter 7, Part 2:

She wore a rather unbecoming hairstyle.

她理了个不太得体的发型。

He was accused of conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman.

他被指責行為不紳士，有損官員身份。


flagellate

詞源樹
拉丁語 flagellum
拉丁語 -ō
拉丁語 flagellō
拉丁語 -tus
拉丁語 flagellātuslbor.
英語 flagellate
古典借詞，源自拉丁語 flagellō (“鞭打，捶打”) 及其分詞 flagellātus。

more flagellate (comparative)
most flagellate (superlative)


flagellated

more flagellated (comparative)
most flagellated (superlative)


unwilling

不愿意的，不情愿的，非本意的。


uninformed

more uninformed (comparative)
most uninformed (superlative)

ignorant

無知的，蒙昧的，不了解的，缺乏信息的

無知的，蒙昧的，不了解的，缺乏信息的


unyielding

more unyielding (comparative)
most unyielding (superlative)

坚定的，顽强不屈的，顽强的

不弯曲的，牢固的，坚固的


uninitialized

/ʌnɪˈnɪʃəˌlaɪzd/


uninvited

But you, you're not allowed / You're uninvited / An unfortunate slight

1997，Alanis Morissette （作曲作詞）, “Uninvited”, 演出者 Alanis Morissette:


unitive

派生自晚期拉丁語 unitīvus。

more unitive (comparative)
most unitive (superlative)


universal

來自中古英語 universal，來自古法語 universal（現代法語 universel），來自拉丁語 ūniversālis。

more universal (comparative)
most universal (superlative)

In Logic, the letter A is used as a symbol for the universal affirmative proposition in the general form "all x is y."

She achieved universal fame.

universal wrench


fretful

more fretful (comparative)
most fretful (superlative)


frictional

The large frictional forces made dragging it impossible.

強烈的摩擦力使得它很難拖動。


frightening

more frightening (comparative)
most frightening (superlative)

/ˈfɹaɪtənɪŋ/

嚇人的，令人驚嚇的，令人恐懼的

Riding the rollercoaster was a frightening experience.

乘坐过山车是一次令人恐惧的经历。

The Owl is flying high, frightening to the eye.
The Rattler is nearby, Cool is on the fly.
Danger is his business.

1966，“Cool McCool (theme song)”, Bernie Green 作曲 (Cool McCool (television series)), 演出者 Bob McFadden:


famished

more famished (comparative)
most famished (superlative)

I'm famished; I haven't eaten since yesterday.

我要餓死了；昨天到現在就沒吃過東西。


footloose

more footloose (comparative)
most footloose (superlative)


fleet-footed

more fleet-footed (comparative)
most fleet-footed (superlative)


unmilitary

more unmilitary (comparative)
most unmilitary (superlative)

The Indian military system is full of unmilitary anomalies, all productive of irresponsibility and undiscipline.

印度的軍事體系充滿了非軍事性的異常現象，所有這些都導致了不負責任和無紀律。

1860，Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons，Accounts and Papers of the House of Commons，頁 72:

National Guards and Soldiers of the line […] fall into disorderly street-processions, constitutional unmilitary exclamations and hurrahings.

1837，Thomas Carlyle，The French Revolution: A History […]，卷 (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC, (please specify the book or page number):

Tragedy developed affinities with civic ideals of restraint, manly control, and heroic discipline, but comedy, and in particular the comic body, developed affinities with anticivic excess, sexual abandon, and unmilitary, antiathletic slackness.

悲劇與克制、男子氣概和英雄紀律等公民理想有著密切的聯繫，而喜劇，尤其是喜劇的本體，則與反公民的過度、性的放縱以及非軍事性的、反運動的懈怠產生了密切的聯繫。

2000，Beth Cohen，Not the Classical Ideal:


unnecessary

more unnecessary (comparative)
most unnecessary (superlative)

/ʌnˈnɛ.səˌsɛ.ɹɪ/

多餘或不需要的，不必要的

The automatic child-frightener made clowns unnecessary.

有了“自動嚇小孩器”，小丑就顯得不必要了。

Robins, of Torquay, had denied a single charge of causing unnecessary suffering to an animal. She claimed the microwave was accidentally turned on by one of the cats after the kitten got inside. But Knutton said the kitten was too small to even get onto the work surface.

來自托奇镇的罗宾斯，否认了“对动物造成不必要痛苦”的单项指控。她辩称，微波炉是在小猫进入后被另一只猫意外打开的。但克努森回驳道，小猫太小了，根本连工作台都爬不上去。

2011年December14日，Steven Morris，“Devon woman jailed for 168 days for killing kitten in microwave [因將小貓在微波爐中殺死，德文郡一女性被判入獄168天]”, in Guardian:


fantastico

借自意大利語 fantastico (“幻想的”)，源自晚期拉丁語 phantasticus (“假想的，虛幻的”)。fantastic和fantastique 的同源對似詞。

more fantastico (comparative)
most fantastico (superlative)


unobtainable

more unobtainable (comparative)
most unobtainable (superlative)

With secondhand bullhead rail almost unobtainable, the NYMR has been forced to go for new flat-bottom rail and orders are being placed; 58 fb rails are already en route to the railway.

由於幾乎買不到二手牛頭鋼軌，NYMR 被迫購買新的平底鋼軌，並且正在下訂單； 58條平底鋼軌已經在運往鐵路公司的途中。

1979 August，Michael Harris，“A line for all reasons: the North Yorkshire Moors Railway”, in Railway World，頁 412:

Common Goal’s grand ambition is to reach a position where 1% of football’s entire multibillion dollar industry is donated to charity. It might seem an impossible dream – just as a young boy’s fantasy of becoming a top footballer almost always seems unobtainable. But Mata was one of those who fulfilled his footballing dream.

Common Goal 的宏偉目標是將整個足球產業數十億美元收入的1%捐給慈善機構。這似乎是一個不可能實現的夢想－就像一個小男孩幻想成為頂級足球員一樣，幾乎總是遙不可及的。但馬塔是實現自己足球夢想的人之一。

2018年January1日，Donald McRae，“The Guardian footballer of the year 2017: Juan Mata”, in the Guardian:


frugivorous

more frugivorous (comparative)
most frugivorous (superlative)


fissiparous

more fissiparous (comparative)
most fissiparous (superlative)

/fɪˈsɪpəɹəs/


full-fledged

After she passes the bar exam, she will be a full-fledged lawyer.

她通过律师考试以后，将成为一名真正的律师。

Ansible is not a full-fledged programming language, but it does have several programming language features, and one of the most important of these is variable substitution.

Ansible不是一個五臟俱全的程式語言，但是它的確有一些程式語言的特色，其中一個最重要的是變數代換。

2017，Lorin Hochstein，René Moser，“4. Variables and Facts”, in Ansible: Up and Running，第2nd版, O’Reilly, →ISBN:


fastest

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fast (形容詞)的最高級形式。

He set a new fastest time for running a mile.

他创造了一英里跑的最快成绩。

Scientists say it is one of the world’s fastest-melting glaciers.

科学家称它是世界上融化速度最快的冰川之一。

2018，VOA Learning English > China's Melting Glacier Brings Visitors, Adds to Climate Concerns:


fey

more fey (comparative)
most fey (superlative)


fatty

fattier (comparative)
fattiest (superlative)


formicivorous

Formicivorous mammals (those which feed mainly on ants) come in all shapes and sizes […]

食蟻（即以螞蟻為主食）哺乳動物們的形態大小各異 […]

2010，Paula Hammond，Atlas of the World's Strangest Animals，頁 152:


furry

furrier (comparative)
furriest (superlative)

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His treatment of our furry friends was nothing short of appalling.

他對我們毛茸朋友的待遇簡直是駭人聽聞。


foundational

more foundational (comparative)
most foundational (superlative)


fraudulent

more fraudulent (comparative)
most fraudulent (superlative)


goluptious

more goluptious (comparative)
most goluptious (superlative)


good-looking

源自 good + looking。對照荷蘭語 goeduitziend (“好看的”)、德語 gutaussehend (“好看的”)。

better-looking (comparative)
more good-looking (comparative)
best-looking (superlative)
most good-looking (superlative)

/ˈɡʊdˈlʊk.ɪŋ/

When one of us sees a good-looking guy, we nudge the other one and smile. One guy had the most gorgeous face I had ever seen. Every time we go to the mall we look around for 'that guy' just in case.

当我们中有人看到帅哥时，我们会用手肘碰碰另一个人，然后微笑。其中一个男人的脸是我见过的最帅气的。每次我们去商场时，我们都会四处寻找“那个男人”，万一他还在呢。


geometric

more geometric (comparative)
most geometric (superlative)

/ˌdʒiː.əʊˈmɛt.ɹɪk/


graceful

more graceful (comparative)
most graceful (superlative)

She is a graceful dancer.

The half-dozen pieces […] were painted white and carved with festoons of flowers, birds and cupids. […] The bed was the most extravagant piece. Its graceful cane halftester rose high towards the cornice and was so festooned in carved white wood that the effect was positively insecure, as if the great couch were trimmed with icing sugar.

1963，Margery Allingham，章號 1, in The China Governess: A Mystery，London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:

The athlete's graceful acceptance of the controversial second-place finish won the admiration of the spectators.

这位运动员从容地接受了备受争议的第二名的成绩，赢得了观众的钦佩。

Bringing a system down cleanly will preserve the operating system and some log files, but again will destroy the contents of the RAM (the volatile data). Windows and Linux are two operating systems that require a graceful shutdown.

彻底关闭系统将保留操作系统和一些日志文件，但同样会破坏RAM的内容（易失性数据）。Windows和Linux是两种需要平滑关闭的操作系统。

2009，Dale Liu，Cisco Router and Switch Forensics:


groundless

繼承自中古英語 groundles，來自古英語 grundlēas，來自原始日耳曼語 *grundulausaz。

more groundless (comparative)
most groundless (superlative)


gruff

源自西佛蘭德語、荷蘭語 grof (“粗魯的，粗糙的”)，源自中古荷蘭語 grof (“粗糙的”)，源自古荷蘭語 *grof，其形成及相關詞不確定，但基本上能確定與薩特弗里斯蘭語 groaf (“粗糙的”)、西弗里斯蘭語 grof (“粗糙的”)、低地德語 groff (“粗糙的，粗魯的”)、德語 grob (“粗糙的，粗魯的”)、瑞典語 grov (“粗糙的，粗魯的”)同源。
可能起源自原始西日耳曼語 *gahrob，源自原始日耳曼語 *gahrubaz、*hrubaz，與原始日耳曼語 *hreubaz (“粗糙的，硬皮的，結痂的”)有關；或可能源自原始西日耳曼語 *grob，源自原始日耳曼語 *grubaz (“粗糙的”)。

gruffer (comparative)
gruffest (superlative)


gemmate

源自拉丁語 gemmatus，gemmare (“發芽”) 的過去分詞，源自 gemma (“芽”)。


general-purpose

多種用途的，一般用途的；通用的，泛用的

It is a general-purpose type, with weight and clearances sufficiently restricted to enable it to have a considerably wider radius of action than the "V2" 2-6-2s and "K3" 2-6-0s, but at the same time, with the help of a working pressure of 225 lb. per sq. in., of considerable power.

1943 March and April，“L.N.E.R. New Mixed-Traffic 4-6-0 Locomotive”, in Railway Magazine，頁 104:

The omni-tool itself is a combination computer and general-purpose engineering device that fabricates tools and equipment as needed. It acts as a translator, computer, holographic recorder and player, full translation software, and can create lockpicks and any other equipment needed to use a character's skills. An omni-tool can be upgraded with a number of options.

2012 June，Stew Wilson，“Mass Effecting the Thousand Suns”, in RPG Review，期 16, →ISSN, →OCLC，頁 50:


gullible

gull + -ible 或中古英語 gull (“新孵出的小鳥”，方言)，可能來自古諾爾斯語 gulr，來自其羽絨的色彩。

more gullible (comparative)
most gullible (superlative)

fleeceable

容易上當的，易受欺騙的，輕信的。

green

容易上當的，易受欺騙的，輕信的。

naif

容易上當的，易受欺騙的，輕信的。

naive

容易上當的，易受欺騙的，輕信的。

容易上當的，易受欺騙的，輕信的。

Andrew is so gullible, the way he still believes in Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy, and the Sandman at the age of fourteen.

安德魯真好騙，他都十四歲了，還在相信聖誕老公公、復活節兔子、牙仙子和睡魔。


harebrained

harebrain (alternative)
hare-brained (alternative)
more harebrained (comparative)
most harebrained (superlative)

荒謬的，愚蠢的，不切實際的

“Now why do I get the feeling we're not talking about the harebrained plan you came up with?” “It wasn't harebrained.” “Did it have you going within twenty feet of a whorehouse at night, unchaperoned?” He knew darn well it did.

2008，Sarah McCarty，Promises Reveal，Penguin, →ISBN:

Her getting a parcel from a hare-brained wench at the coaches in St. John Street; her booty made at the fire, and again at Harwich, all give us excelle

1722，Daniel Defoe，Moll Flanders [摩爾·弗蘭德斯], The Author's Preface:


huffy

huffier (comparative)
huffiest (superlative)

生氣的、憤怒的、憤慨的、煩躁的

huffy bread


hexavalent

六價的（包含6種病毒株的）


hi

high的另一種拼寫法，通常用連字符。

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hidebound

more hidebound (comparative)
most hidebound (superlative)