| 单词 | obscurity |
|---|---|
| 音标 | [əb'skjuəriti] |
| 解释 | n.费解，不出名 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 n. 费解，不出名(the quality of being obscure) 【考】 反义词：celebrity( 名人) 【例】 I stopped reading the textbook because of its obscurity. |
| 字源 | obscurity (n.) late 15c., "absence of light;" 1610s with meaning "condition of being unknown;" from obscure (adj.) + -ity; or else from Middle French obscurité, variant of Old French oscureté "darkness, gloom; vagueness, confusion; insignificance" (14c.), from Latin obscuritatem (nominative obscuritas) "darkness, indistinctness, uncertainty," from obscurus. |
| 不择手段背单词 | n. 不清楚; 不出名 【反】celebrity(n 名声; 名人); certitude(n 确实) |
| 趣味全助记 | 无 |
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