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Linear Latin Linearis Alis Liniə A.线的;成直线的 英 Adj

单词 linear
音标 ['liniə]
解释 a.线的;成直线的
红宝书 【英】 adj. 线的(of lines);成直线的(made of lines)
【记】 以上二词都来自line( 直线),注意意义的不同
【例】 a lineal descendent(直系后代 ) / a linear design(线条图案)
字源 linear (adj.)
1640s, from French linéaire, from Latin linearis "belonging to a line," from linea "string, line" (see line (n.)). Essentially the same word as lineal; "in Latin linearis the original suffix -alis was dissimilated to -aris, but in Late Latin this rule was no longer productive and the formation or re-formation in -alis remained unchanged." [Barnhart]. Linear A and Linear B (1902-3) were names given to two related forms of linear Minoan writing discovered 1894-1901 in Crete by Sir Arthur Evans.
不择手段背单词
趣味全助记 【记】line

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