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Query N./V Quaere Question Kwiəri 质问,疑问,询问 英 质问,疑问,询问(Qu

单词 query
音标 ['kwiəri]
解释 n./v. 质问,疑问,询问
红宝书 【英】 n./v. 质问,疑问,询问(qu estion, inquiry, doubt)
【例】 accept a check without query(不加询问地接 受支票)
字源 query (n.)
1530s, quaere "a question," from Latin quaere "ask," imperative of quaerere "to seek, look for; strive, endeavor, strive to gain; ask, require, demand;" figuratively "seek mentally, seek to learn, make inquiry," probably ultimately from PIE *kwo-, root forming the stem of relative and interrogative pronouns (see who). Spelling Englished or altered c.1600 by influence of inquiry.
query (v.)
"to question," 1650s, from query (n.). Related: Queried; querying.
不择手段背单词
趣味全助记 【记】同inquiry 质询, 调查

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