accessory

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
/əkˈsɛs.(ə.)ɹi/|/ækˈsɛs.(ə.)ɹi/    /əkˈsɛs.(ə.)ɹi/|/ækˈsɛs.(ə.)ɹi/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Something that belongs to part of another main thing; something additional and subordinate, an attachment.
    — the accessories of a mobile phone
  2. An article that completes one's basic outfit, such as a scarf or gloves.
    — One of the first of a wave of American women contemporary designers who emerged in the 1990s, she [Kate Spade] built a brand on the appeal of clothes and accessories that made shoppers smile.
  3. A person who is not present at a crime, but contributes to it as an assistant or instigator.
    — She was an accessory to the murder because she helped him commit and probably also conceal the crime.
  4. Something in a work of art without being indispensably necessary, for example solely ornamental parts.
形容词 adj.
  1. Having a secondary, supplementary or subordinate function by accompanying as a subordinate; aiding in a secondary way; being additional; contributing or being contributory.
    — accessory garments
  2. Assisting a crime without actually participating in committing the crime itself; being connected as an incident or subordinate to a principal.
    — Her actions were clearly accessory because they helped him commit and probably also conceal the crime.
  3. Present in a minor amount, and not essential.
    — accessory mineral
  4. Supernumerary and generally nonfunctional.
    — She had an accessory finger on one hand.

词形变化

more accessory comparative most accessory superlative accessary alternative accessories plural accessary alternative

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd
Proto-Italic *ad
Proto-Italic *ad-
Medieval Latin ad-
Proto-Italic *kezdō
Medieval Latin cēdō
Medieval Latin accēdō
Proto-Indo-European *-tōr
Proto-Italic *-tōr
Medieval Latin -tor
Medieval Latin accessor
Medieval Latin -ius
Medieval Latin accessōriusbor.
English accessory
From Medieval Latin accessōrius, from Latin accessor (“helper, subordinate”), from accessus. Compare access, from same root.
词源 2
From Middle English accessorie, from Medieval Latin accessōrius, from Latin accessor (“helper, subordinate”), from accessus. Compare access, from same root.
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