| 单词 | mediocre |
|---|---|
| 音标 | [`mi:di'əukə] |
| 解释 | a.平庸的，平凡的 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 adj. 平庸的，平凡的(ordi nary; average) 【记】 medi(中间)+ocre→中 间状态→平庸的 【例】 The meal on the airplane was just mediocre. |
| 字源 | mediocre (adj.) 1580s, from Middle French médiocre (16c.), from Latin mediocris "of middling height or state, moderate, ordinary," figuratively "mediocre, mean, inferior," originally "halfway up a mountain," from medius "middle" (see medial (adj.)) + ocris "jagged mountain" (cognate with Greek okris "peak, point," Welsh ochr "corner, border," Latin acer "sharp;" see acrid). As a noun, "medicore thing or person," by 1834. |
| 不择手段背单词 | 无 |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】medi 中间的，中等的 + acre 土地，英亩，不是优良土地，只是中间平均水平的 |
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