单词 | slate |
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音标 | [sleit] |
解释 | n.石板;候选人名单;v.提名 |
红宝书 | 【英】 n.石板;候选人名单( a list of candidates for nomination or election);v.提名 (to designate) 【考】 roster : personnel / slate : candidate(员工的花名册/候选 人的名单) 【记】 来自slat(板条)+e→ 石板,古希腊选举时 在石板上刻上候选人名单 |
字源 | slate (n.) mid-14c., from Old French esclate, fem. of esclat "split piece, splinter" (Modern French éclat; see slat), so called because the rock splits easily into thin plates. As an adjective, 1510s. As a color, first recorded 1813. Sense of "a writing tablet" (made of slate), first recorded late 14c., led to that of "list of preliminary candidates prepared by party managers," first recorded 1842, from notion of being easily altered or erased. Clean slate (1856) is an image from customer accounts chalked up in a tavern. slate (v.) 1520s, "to cover with slates" (earlier sclatten, late 15c.), from slate (n.). Meaning "propose, schedule" is from 1883; earlier "to nominate" (1804); the notion is of writing on a slate board. Related: Slated; slating. |
不择手段背单词 | n. (政党)候选人名单; 石版 【记】源于: slat(n 板条), e-石板, 古希腊选举时在石板上刻候选人的名字-候选人名单 【类】roster: personnel = slate: candidate花名册记录员工 = 候选人的名单记录候选人 |
趣味全助记 | 【记】源自splinter 裂片, 碎片;古时选举在石板上写有候选人名单;select 选择,在候选人名单中选择;音:石 plate 盘,板 【相关】slat 板条, slab 厚平板, 厚片,splat 椅背的长条木板 |
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