| 单词 | aplomb |
|---|---|
| 音标 | ['æplɔ:ŋ] |
| 解释 | n.沉着，镇静 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 n. 沉着，镇静(self-pos session; assurance) 【记】 来自法语 |
| 字源 | aplomb (n.) "assurance, confidence," 1828, from French aplomb (16c.), literally "perpendicularity," from phrase à plomb "poised upright, balanced," literally "on the plumb line," from Latin plumbum "(the metal) lead" (see plumb (n.)), of which the weight at the end of the line was made. |
| 不择手段背单词 | n. 沉着, 泰然自若 = self-possession = assurance 【例】with aplomb 沉着地 【根】plomb铅重, 垂直地－象铅一样重如泰山－泰然自若 |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】a + plumb 铅锤, 垂直的， 象铅锤一样垂直，“沉着”，垂着 【相关】plummet 铅锤, 垂直落下 |
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