单词 | iota |
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音标 | [ai'əutə] |
解释 | n.极小量,极少 |
红宝书 | 【英】 n. 极小量,极少(a very small quantity) 【记】 来自希腊语第九个字 母,相当于英语的(i) 【例】 There's not an iota of truth in that. |
字源 | iota (n.) "very small amount," 1630s, figurative use of iota, ninth and smallest letter in the Greek alphabet. Modern use is after Matt. v:18 (see jot), but iota in classical Greek also was proverbially used of anything very small. The letter name is from Semitic (compare Hebrew yodh). |
不择手段背单词 | n. 艾欧塔(希腊字母表中的第九个字母ι, 相当于英语的(i)); 极小量 【例】There is not an iota of truth in his remarks 他说的那番话一点儿道理也没有. 【记】alpha beta iota(阿尔法贝塔艾欧塔)把这句话念10遍, 对艾欧塔形成希腊字母的感觉, 然后第九个字母引申为极小量 |
趣味全助记 | 【记】与ion 离子一起记,离子是极微小的;isolate 孤立,孤立出的是极少部份;希腊字母以a结尾的很多,alpha, beta, 伽玛, delta, omega,但是希腊字母的第一个字母与英文对应,iota对应着i,拼音为一,一小点; |
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