commonplace

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈkɒmənˌpleɪs/    美 /ˈkɑmənˌpleɪs/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A platitude or cliché. countable,uncountable
    — Finally he began to mutter some commonplaces which meant nothing particularly.
  2. Something that is ordinary; something commonly done or occurring. countable,uncountable
    — It is odd how easily the common-places of morality or of sentiment glide off in conversation. Well, they are "exceedingly helpful," and so Lord Avonleigh found them.
  3. A memorandum; something to be frequently consulted or referred to. countable,uncountable
    — Whatever, in my reading, occurs concerning this our fellow creature, I do never fail to set it down by way of common-place.
  4. A commonplace book. countable,uncountable
动词 v.
  1. To make a commonplace book. transitive
  2. To enter in a commonplace book, or to reduce to general heads. transitive
    — I do not apprehend any difficulty in collecting and commonplacing an universal history from the […]historians.
  3. To utter commonplaces; to indulge in platitudes. intransitive,obsolete
    — And something angered Tamara in the way the Prince assisted in all this, out-commonplacing her friend in commonplaces with the suavest politeness.
形容词 adj.
  1. Ordinary; not having any remarkable characteristics.
    — "This Mr. Tyrrel," she said, in a tone of authoritative decision, "seems after all a very ordinary sort of person, quite a commonplace man."

词形变化

more commonplace comparative most commonplace superlative common place alternative,obsolete common-place alternative,archaic commonplaces plural common place alternative,obsolete common-place alternative,archaic commonplaces present,singular,third-person commonplacing participle,present commonplaced participle,past commonplaced past common place alternative,obsolete common-place alternative,archaic

词汇关系

相关词
commonplace book

词源

词源 1
A calque of Latin locus commūnis, referring to a generally applicable literary passage, itself a calque of Ancient Greek κοινὸς τόπος (koinòs tópos).
词源 2
A calque of Latin locus commūnis, referring to a generally applicable literary passage, itself a calque of Ancient Greek κοινὸς τόπος (koinòs tópos).
词源 3
A calque of Latin locus commūnis, referring to a generally applicable literary passage, itself a calque of Ancient Greek κοινὸς τόπος (koinòs tópos).
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