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quiddity

音標['kwid?ti] 讀音

漢語翻譯


n. 本質, 實質, 吹毛求疵的意見, 怪癖

詞型變化:

名詞複數:quiddities 

英文解釋:

名詞 quiddity:

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

詳細解釋:


quid.di.ty

n.(名詞)
【複數】 quid.di.ties
The real nature of a thing; the essence.
實質:一事物的真實性質;本質
A hairsplitting distinction; a quibble.
吹毛求疵:作過於細微的區別;吹毛求疵

來源:
Medieval Latin quiddit3s
中世紀拉丁語 quiddit3s
from Latin quid [what] * see k wo-
源自 拉丁語 quid [什麼] *參見 k wo-

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