inert
英 [?'n??t]
美[?'n?t]
- adj. [化學(xué)] 惰性的；呆滯的；遲緩的；無效的
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助記提示
1. in- "not, without" + ars (genitive artis) "skill, art" => ert- "skill".
2. originally meant "unskilled", but soon developed semantically to "inactive, idle".
2. originally meant "unskilled", but soon developed semantically to "inactive, idle".
中文詞源
inert 無活動(dòng)能力的，懶惰的，惰性的
in-,不，非，-ert,靈巧，技術(shù)，技藝，詞源同art,artisan.引申詞義沒技術(shù)的，沒活動(dòng)能力的，懶惰的，后用于指化學(xué)氣體惰性的。
英文詞源
- inert
- inert: [17] The -ert of inert is the same word as art. The word comes from Latin iners, which originally meant ‘unskilled’, but soon developed semantically to ‘inactive’. It was formed with the negative prefix in- from ars ‘skill’, source of English art. The derivative inertia [18] is a Latin formation. In classical times it meant simply ‘lack of skill, idleness’; it was Johannes Kepler who first used it as a technical term in physics in the 17th century.
=> art, inertia - inert (adj.)
- 1640s, from French inerte (16c.) or directly from Latin inertem (nominative iners) "unskilled, inactive, helpless, sluggish, worthless," from in- "without" + ars (genitive artis) "skill" (see art (n.)). Originally of matter; specifically of gases from 1885. Of persons or creatures, from 1774.
雙語例句
- 1. The novel itself remains oddly inert.
- 小說本身異常平淡，了無生氣。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. He lay inert with half-closed eyes.
- 他半睜著雙眼一動(dòng)不動(dòng)地躺著。
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
- 3. I carried her, still inert, up the stairs to my room.
- 她仍然一動(dòng)也不動(dòng), 我把她抱到樓上我的房間去.
來自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- 4. He lay completely inert on the floor.
- 他一動(dòng)不動(dòng)地躺在地板上.
來自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- 5. Inert gas studies are providing valuable information about other planets, too.
- 對(duì)惰性氣體的研究, 也提供了有關(guān)其它行星的有價(jià)值的資料.
來自英漢非文學(xué) - 科技