单词 | dilapidation |
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音标 | [dilæpi'deiʃ(ə)n] |
解释 | n. 破旧,荒废 |
红宝书 | 【英】 n. 破旧,荒废(a dilapidated condition; ruin) |
字源 | dilapidation (n.) early 15c., from Late Latin dilapidationem (nominative dilapidatio) "a squandering," noun of action from past participle stem of Latin dilapidare "throw away, squander, waste," literally "pelt with stones" (thus "ruin, destroy") or else "scatter like stones," from dis- "asunder" (see dis-) + lapidare "throw stones at," from lapis (genitive lapidis) "stone." "Taken in Eng. in a more literal sense than was usual in Latin" [OED]. |
不择手段背单词 | 无 |
趣味全助记 | 无 |
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