improvision

名词 n.
/ˌɪm.pɹəˈvɪʒ.ən/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. the lack of provision, a failure to provide something obsolete
    — there would be a main defect, and her improvision justly accusable, if such a feeding animal […] should want a proper conveyance for choler, or have no other receptacle for that humour than the veins and general mass of blood.
  2. the act of improvising, or something improvised; improvisation
    — A similar improvision, a modification of the device used to measure the planar ways (photo 8), makes several measurements at once.

词形变化

improvisions plural improvisions plural

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *né
Proto-Indo-European *n̥-
Proto-Italic *n̥-
Latin in-bor.
Middle English in-
English im-
English provision
English improvision
From im- + provision.
词源 2
Etymology tree
English improvise
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *-Hō
Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō
Proto-Italic *-tiō
Latin -tiō
Latin -ātiōlbor.
Old French -ationbor.
Middle English -acioun
English -ation
English -ion
English improvision
From improvise + -ion.
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