initial

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The first letter of a word or a name, especially of a person's full name (their initials).
    — The point of interest about this particular specimen was that it must have remained intact for at least a quarter of a century, as it had embossed in the frosted glass the initials of the old Great North of Scotland Railway in the form of a scroll, the sort of relic of pre-grouping days that can still be found here and there if one is observant.
  2. A distinguished initial letter of a chapter or section of a document.
  3. onset, part of a syllable that precedes the syllable nucleus in phonetics and phonology.
动词 v.
  1. To sign one's initial(s), as an abbreviated signature. transitive
    — Please initial each page and sign the contract in full at the bottom.
形容词 adj.
  1. Chronologically first, early; of or pertaining to the beginning, cause or origin. not-comparable
    — Our initial admiration for their efficiency gave way to disgust about their methods.
  2. Spatially first, placed at the beginning, in the first position; especially said of the first letter of a word. not-comparable
    — The initial letter of names is usually printed with a capital letter.

词形变化

initials plural initials present,singular,third-person initialing US,participle,present initialling UK,participle,present initialed US,participle,past initialed US,past initialled UK,participle,past initialled UK,past

词汇关系

近义词
incipient inceptive opening beginning commencing earliest first initial maiden nascent original primary prime primeval primitive primordial starting drop cap versal
反义词
final eternal
上位词
early
下位词
emergent elementary inchoate immature unripe aboriginal introductory prefatory preliminary premisory preparatory prolusory
衍生词
coinitial head-initial initial caps initial coin offering initial condition initially initial mass function initialness initial object initial point initial public offering initial reject initial setting time initial topology initial-value problem initial value problem noninitial peninitial wordinitial preinitial initialese initialism initialist initial teaching alphabet middle initial
相关词
former natal monogram

词源

词源 1
From Middle French initial or directly from its Latin etymon initiālis (“of the beginning, incipient, initial”), from initium (“a going in, entrance, beginning”), from inire (“to go in, enter upon, begin”), from in (“in”) + ire (“to go”).
词源 2
From Middle French initial or directly from its Latin etymon initiālis (“of the beginning, incipient, initial”), from initium (“a going in, entrance, beginning”), from inire (“to go in, enter upon, begin”), from in (“in”) + ire (“to go”).
词源 3
From Middle French initial or directly from its Latin etymon initiālis (“of the beginning, incipient, initial”), from initium (“a going in, entrance, beginning”), from inire (“to go in, enter upon, begin”), from in (“in”) + ire (“to go”).
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