| 单词 | foible |
|---|---|
| 音标 | ['fɔibl] |
| 解释 | n.小缺点，小毛病 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 n. 小缺点，小毛病(a small weakness; fault) 【考】 foible : flaw / quibble : objection(程度: 小缺点, 缺点/轻微反对, 反对)tiff : squabble / foible : failing(程度: 小争吵争吵/小缺点缺 点) 【记】 可能来自feeble(脆弱 的) |
| 字源 | foible (n.) 1640s, "weak point of a sword blade" (contrasted to forte), from French foible (n.), from obsolete foible (adj.) "weak," from Old French foible "feeble," dissimilated from Lain flebilis (see feeble). Extended sense of "weak point of character" is first recorded 1670s. Related: Foibles. |
| 不择手段背单词 | n. (性格上的)小缺点; 小毛病 = fault 【记】foible是你身上的feeble(adj 虚弱的; 薄弱的)之处 【类】foible: flaw = quibble: objection 小缺点对缺点 = 轻微反对对反对tiff: squabble = foible: failing『squabble: [dispute]quarrel』小争吵对争吵 = 小缺点对缺点『争吵: 争吵』 |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】源自feeble 弱点；foil 剑，挫败；剑能击败别人是攻击的其弱点；音：腹部，人的腹部是最弱的部份 |
Learn with these flashcards. Click next, previous, or up to navigate to more flashcards for this subject.
Next card: Foil metal foiled latin sense 英 n thin
Previous card: Flux n continuous flowing flow early flʌks n.不断的变动，动荡不定
Up to card list: 极品GRE红宝书(简体中文)