denier

名词 n.
中文释义
发音 dənyā'

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An old French coin worth one-twelfth of a sou. historical
    — A bronze denier bearing the inscription CONRADUS around a central cross, was minted in Lugdunum.
  2. One who denies or forbids something.
    — Also, visitation deniers don't always get off with a slap on the wrist.
  3. A unit of linear density which indicates the fineness of fiber or yarn, equal to one gram per 9000 meters, used especially to measure or indicate the fineness of hosiery. Originally equal to the weight of a denier coin per 9600 aunes.
    — Upstairs she rummaged through her chest of drawers, finally unearthing an unopened pack of ten denier barely blacks.
  4. One who denies the existence of something.
    — Holocaust denier

词形变化

deniers plural deniers plural

词汇关系

衍生词
climate denier self-denier
相关词
tex denialism denialist

词源

词源 1
Borrowed from French denier, from Latin dēnārius. Doublet of denar, denarius, dinar, diner, dinero, and dinheiro.
词源 2
Etymology tree
English deny
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzijos
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
English -er
English denier
From deny + -er.
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