incident

名词 n. 形容词 adj.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An event or occurrence. countable,uncountable
    — She could not recall the time of the incident.
  2. A (relatively minor) event that is incidental to, or related to others. countable,uncountable
  3. An event that causes or may cause an interruption or a crisis, such as a workplace illness or a software error. countable,uncountable
  4. An event that causes or may cause an interruption or a crisis, such as a workplace illness or a software error.; An event affecting an aircraft, usually a plane crash. countable,often,uncountable
形容词 adj.
  1. Arising as the result of an event, inherent. not-comparable
    — No major hazards incident to this job.
  2. Falling on or striking a surface. not-comparable
    — The incident light illuminated the surface.
  3. Coming or happening accidentally; not in the usual course of things; not in connection with the main design; not according to expectation; casual; fortuitous. not-comparable
    — As the ordinary course of common affairs is disposed of by general laws, so likewise men's rarer incident necessities and utilities should be with special equity considered.
  4. Liable to happen; apt to occur; befalling; hence, naturally happening or appertaining. not-comparable
    — All chances incident to mans frail life.
  5. Dependent upon, or appertaining to, another thing, called the principal. not-comparable
  6. In a relation of incidence not-comparable
    — The second inequality follows from the fact that all the edges incident with a fixed vertex separate [an arbitrary graph] G.

词形变化

incidents plural

词源

词源 1
Recorded since 1412, from Middle French incident, from Latin incidens, the present active participle of incidō (“to happen, befall”), itself from in- (“on”) + -cidō, the combining form of cadō (“to fall”).
词源 2
Recorded since 1412, from Middle French incident, from Latin incidens, the present active participle of incidō (“to happen, befall”), itself from in- (“on”) + -cidō, the combining form of cadō (“to fall”).
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