fickle

英 ['f?k(?)l] 美['f?kl]
  • adj. 浮躁的;易變的;變幻無常的

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詞態(tài)變化


比較級:?fickler;最高級:?ficklest;名詞:?fickleness;

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1. 諧音“飛客”----飛行的人、飛檐走壁的人,到處飛來飛去,當(dāng)然是善變的、變幻莫測的。
2. 諧音“飛科”。
3. 諧音“匪客”---匪客、匪寇、土匪當(dāng)然是善變的、靠不住的。

中文詞源


fickle 反復(fù)無常的

來自PIE*peig, 狡猾的,敵對的,壞心眼的,詞源同foe, fiend. 引申詞義反復(fù)無常的。

英文詞源


fickle (adj.)
c. 1200, "false, treacherous, deceptive, deceitful, crafty" (obsolete), probably from Old English ficol "deceitful, cunning, tricky," related to befician "deceive," and to facen "deceit, treachery; blemish, fault." Common Germanic (compare Old Saxon fekan "deceit," Old High German feihhan "deceit, fraud, treachery"), from PIE *peig- (2) "evil-minded, treacherous, hostile" (see foe).

Sense of "changeable, inconstant, unstable" is from c. 1300 (especially of Fortune and women). Related: Fickleness. Fickly (c. 1300) is rare or obsolete. Also with a verb form in Middle English, fikelen "to deceive, flatter," later "to puzzle, perplex," which survived long enough in Northern dialects to get into Scott's novels. Fikel-tonge (late 14c.) was an allegorical or character name for "one who speaks falsehoods."

雙語例句


1. Orta's weather can be fickle.
奧爾塔的天氣變幻莫測。

來自柯林斯例句

2. The weather here is notoriously fickle.
這里的天氣出了名的變化無常。

來自《權(quán)威詞典》

3. Fluctuating prices usually base on a fickle public's demand.
物價的波動往往是由于群眾需求的不穩(wěn)定而引起的.

來自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》

4. The television world was a notoriously fickle one.
電視圈是出了名的變化無常.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

5. They have no use for fickle supporters.
他們不能容忍反覆無常的擁護(hù)者.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》