单词乎

quiddity

音标['kwidәti]

汉语翻译

n. 本质, 实质, 吹毛求疵的意见, 怪癖

词型变化

名词复数:quiddities 

英语解释

名词 quiddity:

  1. an evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections
    同义词:quibble, cavil
  2. the essence that makes something the kind of thing it is and makes it different from any other
    同义词:haecceity

详细解释


quid.di.ty

n.(名词)
【复数】 quid.di.ties
The real nature of a thing; the essence.
实质:一事物的真实性质;本质
A hairsplitting distinction; a quibble.
吹毛求疵:作过于细微的区别;吹毛求疵

来源:
Medieval Latin quiddit3s
中世纪拉丁语 quiddit3s
from Latin quid [what] * see k wo-
源自 拉丁语 quid [什么] *参见 k wo-


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