Incident

['ɪnsɪd(ə)nt] or ['ɪnsɪdənt]

解释:

(noun.) a single distinct event.

(noun.) a public disturbance; 'the police investigated an incident at the bus station'.

(adj.) falling or striking of light rays on something; 'incident light' .

整理:玛丽--From WordNet

解释:

(a.) Falling or striking upon, as a ray of light upon a reflecting surface.

(a.) Coming or happening accidentally; not in the usual course of things; not in connection with the main design; not according to expectation; casual; fortuitous.

(a.) Liable to happen; apt to occur; befalling; hence, naturally happening or appertaining.

(a.) Dependent upon, or appertaining to, another thing, called the principal.

(n.) That which falls out or takes place; an event; casualty; occurrence.

(n.) That which happens aside from the main design; an accidental or subordinate action or event.

(n.) Something appertaining to, passing with, or depending on, another, called the principal.

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同义词及近义词：

a. [1]. Happening, liable to happen.[2]. Belonging, pertaining, appertaining, relating.[3]. (Optics.) Falling, impinging.

n. Event, occurrence, circumstance.

手打:温迪

同义词及反义词：

[See INCIDENCE_and_EVENT]

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解释:

adj. falling upon: liable to occur: naturally belonging to anything or following therefrom.—n. that which happens: an event: a subordinate action: an episode.—n. In′cidence the manner of falling: bearing or onus as of a tax that falls unequally: the falling of a ray of heat light &c. on a body: (geom.) the falling of a point on a line or a line on a plane.—adj. Incident′al occurring as a result concomitant: occasional casual.—adv. Incident′ally.—n. Incident′alness.—Angle of incidence the angle at which a ray of light or radiant heat falls upon a surface.

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