prosaic
英 [pr?(?)'ze??k]
美[pr?'ze?k]
- adj. 平凡的，乏味的；散文體的
低頻詞暢通詞匯IELTSGRE
詞態(tài)變化
副詞:?prosaically;
助記提示
1、from Latin prosa oratio "straightforward or direct speech" (without the ornaments of verse).
2、也就是說(shuō)prose是由prosa oratio簡(jiǎn)寫(xiě)、縮略而來(lái)。
3、prose is short form of provorsus "(moving) straight ahead".
4、pro- "forward" + vers- / vors- + -us => provorsus => prorsus => prosus => prosa (feminine of prosus) => prosa oratio => prose.
5、散文其實(shí)就是一種平鋪直敘的文體嘛，沒(méi)有什么裝飾啊，修飾啊什么的。
6、prosa (feminine of prosus) + -ic.
2、也就是說(shuō)prose是由prosa oratio簡(jiǎn)寫(xiě)、縮略而來(lái)。
3、prose is short form of provorsus "(moving) straight ahead".
4、pro- "forward" + vers- / vors- + -us => provorsus => prorsus => prosus => prosa (feminine of prosus) => prosa oratio => prose.
5、散文其實(shí)就是一種平鋪直敘的文體嘛，沒(méi)有什么裝飾啊，修飾啊什么的。
6、prosa (feminine of prosus) + -ic.
中文詞源
prosaic 沒(méi)有詩(shī)意的，平淡的
來(lái)自prose,散文，平白的文字。引申詞義沒(méi)有詩(shī)意的，平淡的。
英文詞源
- prosaic (adj.)
- 1650s, "having to do with prose," from Middle French prosaique and directly from Medieval Latin prosaicus "in prose" (16c.), from Latin prosa "prose" (see prose). Meaning "having the character of prose (in contrast to the feeling of poetry)" is by 1746; extended sense of "ordinary" is by 1813, both from French.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. the prosaic side of life
- 生活平淡的一面
來(lái)自《權(quán)威詞典》
- 2. His instructor offered a more prosaic explanation for the surge in interest.
- 對(duì)于利息的急劇增加，他的導(dǎo)師給出了一個(gè)更為平淡無(wú)奇的解釋。
來(lái)自辭典例句
- 3. The truth is more prosaic.
- 真相更加乏味。
來(lái)自辭典例句
- 4. How prosaic, and yet how magical such paragraphs are!
- 這樣的段落是多么平淡, 又多么不可思議 啊 !
來(lái)自辭典例句
- 5. These prosaic details take all the sparkle out of the conversation.
- 這些無(wú)聊的細(xì)節(jié)使談話失去了生氣.
來(lái)自辭典例句