immaculate
英 [?'m?kj?l?t]
美 [?'m?kj?l?t]
中文詞源
immaculate 無暇的im-,不，非，maculate,有污點的，有瑕疵的。
英文詞源
- immaculate
- immaculate: [15] A macula in Latin was a ‘spot’ or ‘stain’ (as well as a ‘hole in a net’, which gave English the mail of chain mail). Hence anything that was immaculātus (an adjective formed with the negative prefix in-) was ‘spotless’ – ‘perfect’.
=> chainmail - immaculate (adj.)
- early 15c., "free from mental or moral pollution, pure," from a figurative use of Latin immaculatus "unstained," from assimilated form of in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + maculatus "spotted, defiled," past participle of maculare "to spot," from macula "spot, blemish." The literal sense of "spotlessly clean or neat" in English is first attested 1735. Immaculate Conception is late 15c., from Middle French conception immaculée (late 15c.); declared to be an article of faith in 1854.
雙語例句
- 1. The goalkeeper'sperformance was immaculate.
- 守門員的表現堪稱完美。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The 1979 Chevrolet is in immaculate condition.
- 這輛1979款的雪佛蘭轎車纖塵不染。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. She always looks immaculate.
- 她總是打扮得干凈利落。
來自《權威詞典》
- 4. Her apartment was immaculate.
- 她的公寓房間潔凈無垢.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. The immaculate is easily sullied.
- 皎皎者易污.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》