A
[ə;eɪ] or [e]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) the blood group whose red cells carry the A antigen.
(noun.) the 1st letter of the Roman alphabet.
整理:韦尔登--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(-) The first letter of the English and of many other alphabets. The capital A of the alphabets of Middle and Western Europe, as also the small letter (a), besides the forms in Italic, black letter, etc., are all descended from the old Latin A, which was borrowed from the Greek Alpha, of the same form; and this was made from the first letter (/) of the Phoenician alphabet, the equivalent of the Hebrew Aleph, and itself from the Egyptian origin. The Aleph was a consonant letter, with a guttural breath sound that was not an element of Greek articulation; and the Greeks took it to represent their vowel Alpha with the a sound, the Phoenician alphabet having no vowel symbols.
(-) The name of the sixth tone in the model major scale (that in C), or the first tone of the minor scale, which is named after it the scale in A minor. The second string of the violin is tuned to the A in the treble staff. -- A sharp (A/) is the name of a musical tone intermediate between A and B. -- A flat (A/) is the name of a tone intermediate between A and G.
(-) An adjective, commonly called the indefinite article, and signifying one or any, but less emphatically.
(-) In each; to or for each; as, "twenty leagues a day", "a hundred pounds a year", "a dollar a yard", etc.
(prep.) In; on; at; by.
(prep.) In process of; in the act of; into; to; -- used with verbal substantives in -ing which begin with a consonant. This is a shortened form of the preposition an (which was used before the vowel sound); as in a hunting, a building, a begging.
(-) Of.
(-) A barbarous corruption of have, of he, and sometimes of it and of they.
(-) An expletive, void of sense, to fill up the meter
編輯:威拉
解釋/意思:
its corresponding symbol standing first also in many other alphabets derived from the Phœnician. It originated in the hieroglyphic picture of an eagle (Old Egyptian ahom) the cursive hieratic form of which was the original of the Phœnician aleph an ox from a fancied resemblance to its head and horns.—A as a note in music is the major sixth of the scale of C; A1 the symbol by which first-class vessels are classed in Lloyd's Register of British and Foreign Shipping hence first-rate.
prep. derived from the old prep. on and still used as a prefix in afoot afield apart asleep nowadays twice-a-day; also with verbal nouns as a-building to be a-doing to set a-going. It is now admitted only colloquially.
as in quotha (Shak.) 'A babbled of green fields.'—A usually written a' Scotch for all; A a form of the L. prep. ab from of used before consonants as in Thomas Kempis Thomas Becket &c.
a broken-down form of An and used before words beginning with the sound of a consonant.
編輯:丽诺尔
例句/造句/用法:
- He was undeniably a prosperous man, bore his drinking better than others bore their moderation, and, on the whole, flourished like the green bay-tree. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- As a walking companion, Emma had very early foreseen how useful she might find her. 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- She had always a new bonnet on, and flowers bloomed perpetually in it, or else magnificent curling ostrich feathers, soft and snowy as camellias. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- I told his impudence that the gilt pestle and mortar was quite ornament enough; as if I was born, indeed, to be a country surgeon's wife! 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- As shown in the original designs, Fig. 116, she is a double ender, whose sides were to be 5 feet thick. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- Yet it was a hard time for sensitive, high-spirited Jo, who meant so well and had apparently done so ill. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- The tribe was a big family; the nation a group of tribal families; a household often contained hundreds of people. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- For instance, if he took his supper after a hard day, to the Dead March in Saul, his food might be likely to sit heavy on him. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- I have something beyond this, but I will call it a defect, not an endowment, if it leads me to misery, while ye are happy. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- She came speeding over the sea like a great bird. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- Father's a sweeter singer than ever; you'd never have forgotten it, if you'd aheard him just now. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- Nothing, he said, can be more just than such a description of him. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- His mouth was such a post-office of a mouth that he had a mechanical appearance of smiling. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- The paper was first dipped into a solution of common salt, and then wiped dry, to diffuse the salt uniformly through the substance of the paper. 弗雷德里克·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
- Miss Vye's family is a good one on her mother's side; and her father was a romantic wanderer--a sort of Greek Ulysses. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- I have something beyond this, but I will call it a defect, not an endowment, if it leads me to misery, while ye are happy. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- You ought not to have come today, she said in an altered voice; and suddenly she turned, flung her arms about him and pressed her lips to his. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
- The first known application of the kind was made by Mr. Murdoch, an engineer in the employment of Messrs. 弗雷德里克·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
- Davy was an eloquent, enthusiastic, forceful speaker. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- There was an absence of all lady-like restraint in her language and manner most painful to see. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- Her lover was no longer to her an exciting man whom many women strove for, and herself could only retain by striving with them. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- Bois-Guilbert made an effort to suppress his rising scorn and indignation, the expression of which, he was well aware, would have little availed him. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- So old an art, and so great and continuous a need for its products necessarily must have resulted in much development and progress. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- I believe I could make an independent fortune in a few years if I devoted myself exclusively to portraits, so great is the desire for good portraits in the different country towns. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- Well, you know, Standish, every dose you take is an experiment-an experiment, you know, said Mr. Brooke, nodding towards the lawyer. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- The case has assumed such an extraordinary aspect since Sergeant Cuff's time, that you may revive his interest in the inquiry. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- In this place is an altar dedicated to St. Dimas, the penitent thief. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- For those days this was an enormous sum. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Then, collecting himself, he added in his usual tone, And what may it be your pleasure to want at so early an hour with the poor Jew? 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- I am an impoverished wretch--the very gaberdine I wear is borrowed from Reuben of Tadcaster. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
編輯:维姬