characteristic

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˌkæɹəktəˈɹɪstɪk/    美 /ˌkæɹ(ə)ktəˈɹɪstɪk/|[ˌkʰæɹəktəˈɹɪstɪk]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A distinguishing feature of a person or thing, a part of mental or physical behavior.
  2. The integer part of a logarithm.
    — It is evident, moreover, that as the logarithms of numbers, which are tenfold, the one of the other, do not differ except in their characteristics, it is sufficient that the tables contain the fractional parts only of the logarithms.
  3. The distinguishing features of a navigational light on a lighthouse etc by which it can be identified (colour, pattern of flashes etc.).
  4. For a given field or ring, a natural number that is either the smallest positive number n such that n instances of the multiplicative identity (1) summed together yield the additive identity (0) or, if no such number exists, the number 0.
    — The characteristic of a field, if non-zero, must be a prime number.
形容词 adj.
  1. Being a distinguishing feature of a person or thing.
    — All this was extraordinarily distasteful to Churchill. It was ugly, gross. Never before had he felt such repulsion when the vicar displayed his characteristic bluntness or coarseness of speech. In the present connexion […] such talk had been distressingly out of place.

词形变化

more characteristic comparative most characteristic superlative characteristics plural

词汇关系

近义词
characteristic designation distinction distinctiveness feature owndom parameter property propriety race touch whatness
反义词
uncharacteristic untypical
上位词
entity individualness
下位词
physical property chemical property personal quality
衍生词
acquired characteristic biocharacteristic defining characteristic demand characteristic derived characteristic Euler characteristic light characteristic secondary sex characteristic semicharacteristic sex characteristic subcharacteristic
相关词
characteristically mantissa

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Ancient Greek χαράσσω (kharássō)
Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr
Ancient Greek -τήρ (-tḗr)
Ancient Greek χαρακτήρ (kharaktḗr)
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
Ancient Greek -ίζω (-ízō)
Ancient Greek χαρακτηρίζω (kharaktērízō)
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Ancient Greek -τις (-tis)
Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs)
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)
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Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Hellenic *-tós
Ancient Greek -τος (-tos)
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Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)
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Ancient Greek -τικός (-tikós)
Ancient Greek χᾰρᾰκτηριστῐκός (khărăktēristĭkós)der.
English characteristic
From Ancient Greek χαρακτηριστικός (kharaktēristikós), from χαρακτηρίζω (kharaktērízō, “to designate by a characteristic mark”), from χαρακτήρ (kharaktḗr, “a mark, character”). By surface analysis, character + -istic.
词源 2
Etymology tree
Ancient Greek χαράσσω (kharássō)
Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr
Ancient Greek -τήρ (-tḗr)
Ancient Greek χαρακτήρ (kharaktḗr)
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
Ancient Greek -ίζω (-ízō)
Ancient Greek χαρακτηρίζω (kharaktērízō)
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Ancient Greek -τις (-tis)
Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs)
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)
?
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Hellenic *-tós
Ancient Greek -τος (-tos)
▲
Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)
?
Ancient Greek -τικός (-tikós)
Ancient Greek χᾰρᾰκτηριστῐκός (khărăktēristĭkós)der.
English characteristic
From Ancient Greek χαρακτηριστικός (kharaktēristikós), from χαρακτηρίζω (kharaktērízō, “to designate by a characteristic mark”), from χαρακτήρ (kharaktḗr, “a mark, character”). By surface analysis, character + -istic.
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