countersense

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An opposite meaning. countable,uncountable
    — Moreover, I find there are ſome Words now in French which are turn'd to a counterſenſe, as we uſe the Dutch Word Crank in Engliſh to be well-diſpos'd, which in the Original ſignifieth to be ſick; ſo in French, Cocu is taken for one whoſe Wife is light, and hath made him a paſſive Cuckold; whereas clean contrary, Cocu, which is the Cuckoo, doth uſe to lay her Eggs in another Birds Neſt.
  2. A nonsensical idea; a contradiction in terms; something that contradicts an established principle, architectural or musical style, etc. countable,uncountable
    — On that line we reach simply the old countersense: "All is Reality" is as meaningless a proposition as "All is Illusion."

词形变化

countersenses plural

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?
Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm
Proto-Italic *kom
Proto-Italic *kom-
Proto-Indo-European *-teros
Proto-Italic *-teros
Proto-Italic *komterosder.
Proto-Italic *komterād
Latin contrāder.
Old French contre-
Anglo-Norman countre-bor.
Middle English counter-
English counter-
Proto-Indo-European *sent-der.
Proto-Italic *sentjō
Latin sentiō
Proto-Indo-European *-tus
Proto-Italic *-tus
Latin -tus
Latin sēnsusbor.
Proto-Germanic *sinnaz
Frankish *sinnbor.
Vulgar Latin *sennus
Old French sensbor.
Middle English sense
English sense
English countersense
From counter- + sense; adaptation of French contresens.
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