"serendipity" meaning in All languages combined

See serendipity on Wiktionary

Noun [英语]

IPA: /ˌsɛɹ.ənˈdɪp.ɪ.ti/, /ˌsɛɹ.ɛnˈdɪp.ɪ.ti/ Audio: en-us-serendipity.ogg , en-au-serendipity.ogg Forms: serendipities [plural]
Etymology: 源自Serendip (“锡兰,斯里兰卡”, Serendib的变体) + -ity。由英国的作家及政治家Horace Walpole在1754造出,基于波斯故事锡兰三王子。据Walpole在给朋友写的信,故事中的王子“总是因偶然和卓识发现新的东西,而这些东西并不是他们一开始所探求的。”
  1. 机缘巧合 (一系列偶然最终带来好的结果)
    Sense id: zh-serendipity-en-noun-hrKN21b6 Categories (other): 有引文的英語詞, 英語引文翻譯請求
  2. 碰巧的发现,意外的收获
    Sense id: zh-serendipity-en-noun-Xt~cbnJj
  3. 碰巧的好结果
    Sense id: zh-serendipity-en-noun-5d6JJMb1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (碰巧的发现,意外的收获): chance, luck Derived forms: serendipitous, serendipitously, serendipity berry
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      "sense": "机缘巧合 (一系列偶然最终带来好的结果)",
      "word": "Murphy's law"
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    {
      "sense": "机缘巧合 (一系列偶然最终带来好的结果)",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2020年December2日, Andy Byford talks to Paul Clifton, “I enjoy really big challenges...”, 出自 Rail,第 54 頁:",
          "text": "After I got here, in the first lockdown, my mum suddenly passed. It was the week of my final interview with the Mayor. It is serendipity that I am here when my dad really needs me."
        }
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          "ref": "2007, Erin McKean, speech at TED",
          "text": "Serendipity is when you find things you weren't looking for because finding what you are looking for is so damn difficult."
        }
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      "sense": "碰巧的发现,意外的收获",
      "word": "chance"
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      "sense": "碰巧的发现,意外的收获",
      "word": "luck"
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      "sense": "机缘巧合 (一系列偶然最终带来好的结果)",
      "word": "Murphy's law"
    },
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      "sense": "机缘巧合 (一系列偶然最终带来好的结果)",
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      "word": "serendipitously"
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    }
  ],
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          "text": "The most random serendipity brought the two of us together, and now, we are happily married! If I was just 15 seconds slower, I'd have never met her!"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2020年December2日, Andy Byford talks to Paul Clifton, “I enjoy really big challenges...”, 出自 Rail,第 54 頁:",
          "text": "After I got here, in the first lockdown, my mum suddenly passed. It was the week of my final interview with the Mayor. It is serendipity that I am here when my dad really needs me."
        }
      ],
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          "ref": "2007, Erin McKean, speech at TED",
          "text": "Serendipity is when you find things you weren't looking for because finding what you are looking for is so damn difficult."
        }
      ],
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        "碰巧的发现,意外的收获"
      ]
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      "glosses": [
        "碰巧的好结果"
      ]
    }
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}

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