foible
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英语
[编辑]词源
[编辑]1640–50年代,源自早期现代中古法語 foible (“羸弱的”)(现代法語 faible)。feeble的同源對似詞。
发音
[编辑]名词
[编辑]foible (複數 foibles)
- (主要用於以複數形式) 怪癖
- Try to look past his foibles and see the friendly fellow underneath.
- 试着忽略他的怪癖,看到他内心友好的一面。
- 缺点,缺陷
- 近義詞:fault
- 1932, William Floyd, The Mistakes of Jesus:
- Jesus is reverenced as the one man who has lived unspotted by the world, free from human foibles, able to redeem mankind by his example.
- (請為本引文添加中文翻譯)
- (劍術) 剑的中间到剑尖部分
- 反義詞:forte
相关词汇
[编辑]形容词
[编辑]foible (比較級 more foible,最高級 most foible)
- (棄用) 弱的
- a. 1648,, Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury, The Life of Edward Lord Herbert of Cherbury, page 46:
- The good Fencing-maſters, in France eſpecially, when they preſent a Foyle or Fleuret to their Scholars, tell him it hath two Parts, one of which he calleth the Fort or ſtrong, and the other the Foyble or weak […]
- a. 1648,, Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury, The Life of Edward Lord Herbert of Cherbury, page 46:
中古法语
[编辑]词源
[编辑]形容词
[编辑]foible m 或 f (複數 foibles)
衍生词汇
[编辑]派生語彙
[编辑]古法语
[编辑]形容词
[编辑]foible m (斜格及主格陰性單數 foible)
- feble的另一種寫法