| 单词 | supercilious |
|---|---|
| 音标 | [`sju:pə'siliəs] |
| 解释 | a.目中无人的 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 adj.目中无人的(cool ly or patronizingly haughty) 【考】 反义词：obsequious( 谄媚的); humble(卑下的)super ciliousness n. 傲慢反义词：humility(谦 卑) 【记】 super(超过)＋cili( 眉毛)＋ous→超过眉 毛→高傲的 |
| 字源 | supercilious (adj.) 1520s, "lofty with pride, haughtily contemptuous," from Latin superciliosus "haughty, arrogant," from supercilium "haughty demeanor, pride," literally "eyebrow" (via notion of raising the eyebrow to express haughtiness), from super "above" (see super-) + second element akin to cilium "eyelid," related to celare "to cover, hide," from PIE root *kel- (2) "to conceal" (see cell). Since cilium is more recent than supercilium, the former can be interpreted as a back-formation to the latter .... If indeed derived from the root *kel- 'to hide', we must still assume that a noun *kilium 'eyelid' existed, since the eyelid can 'hide' the eye, whereas the eyebrow does not have such a function. Thus, supercilium may originally have meant 'what is above the cilium'. [Michiel de Vaan, "Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages," Leiden, 2008] Related: Superciliously; superciliousness. |
| 不择手段背单词 | adj. 目中无人的 【记】super, cili长得象眼睫毛, ous－眼睫毛高的－高傲的 【参】superannuated(adj 退休的)annu是"quot;年"quot;的词根superb(adj 庄重的; 极好的) 【反】obsequious(adj 谄媚的); humble(adj 卑下的) |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】super 上 + cilia 睫, 纤毛，眼睛向上 【相关】conciliate 安慰 (眼睫毛很柔和)，cilia 睫, 纤毛 |
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