ingenious

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Of a person, displaying genius or brilliance; inventive.
    — This fellow is ingenious; he fixed a problem I didn’t even know I had.
  2. Of a thing, characterized by genius; cleverly contrived or done.
    — That is an ingenious model of the atom.
  3. Showing originality or sagacity; witty.
    — He sent me an ingenious reply to an email.

词形变化

more ingenious comparative most ingenious superlative engenious alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

衍生词
hyperingenious ingeniously overingenious superingenious ultraingenious uningenious
相关词
engine engineer genius ingeniosity ingeniousness

词源

Borrowed from Middle French ingénieux, from Old French engenious, from Latin ingeniōsus (“endowed with good natural capacity, gifted with genius”), from ingenium (“innate or natural quality, natural capacity, genius”), from in- (“in”) + gignere (“to produce”), Old Latin genere. See also engine.
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