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Splendid Latin Splend Shine Lithuanian Earlier Fine 1640s

正面 7845.splendid
英 ['splendɪd]美 ['splɛndɪd]

背面
释义:
adj. 辉煌的;灿烂的;极好的;杰出的
例句:
1. The house commanded some splendid views of Delaware Bay.从这座房子可以俯瞰到特拉华湾壮丽的景致。

1. splend- "shine" + -id (形容词后缀) => splendid.2. splend- "shine" => 专家“凿壁借光” => (专家在艰苦的环境中学古人通过“凿壁借光”来夜以继日地继续他的研究工作).3. => 形容像光辉一样辉煌、灿烂、杰出、优秀。
splendid 壮丽的,壮观的来自 splendor,壮观,壮丽,-id,形容词后缀。
splendidsplendid: [17] Splendid comes via French splendide from Latin splendidus, a derivative of the verb splendēre ‘shine’. This went back ultimately to the Indo-European base *splēnd- or *plēnd- ‘bright’, which also produced Old Lithuanian splendeti ‘shine’ and Welsh llathru ‘polish’. Amongst the derivatives adopted by English are resplendent [15], splendiferous [15] (from splendiferus, a medieval alteration of late Latin splendōrifer, literally ‘bearing brightness’, hence ‘full of splendour’ – its modern use, as a jocular alternative to splendid, is a 19th-century American innovation), and splendour [15].=> resplendentsplendid (adj.)1620s, "marked by grandeur," probably a shortening of earlier splendidious (early 15c.), from Latin splendidus "bright, shining, glittering; sumptuous, gorgeous, grand; illustrious, distinguished, noble; showy, fine, specious," from splendere "be bright, shine, gleam, glisten," from PIE *splend- "to shine, glow" (cognates: Lithuanian splendziu "I shine," Middle Irish lainn "bright"). An earlier form was splendent (late 15c.). From 1640s as "brilliant, dazzling;" 1640s as "conspicuous, illustrious; very fine, excellent." Ironic use (as in splendid isolation, 1843) is attested from 17c."

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