innocent

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. One who is innocent, especially a young child.
    — The slaughter of the innocents was a significant event in the New Testament.
  2. A harmless simple-minded person; an idiot. obsolete
形容词 adj.
  1. Free from guilt, sin, or immorality.
    — I'm sure there's an innocent explanation for all this.
  2. Bearing no legal responsibility for a wrongful act.
  3. Without wrongful intent; accidental or in good faith.
    — He didn't mean anything by it; it was an innocent mistake.
  4. Naive; artless.
    — I can find out no rhyme to / 'lady' but 'baby' – an innocent rhyme;
  5. Not harmful; innocuous; harmless; benign.
    — The spear / Sung innocent, and spent its force in air.
  6. Lacking (something), or knowledge of it. with-of
    — George was not a believer in modern innovations. The Abbey was innocent of anything so up to date as central heating.
  7. Lawful; permitted.
    — an innocent trade
  8. Not contraband; not subject to forfeiture.
    — innocent goods carried to a belligerent nation

词形变化

more innocent comparative most innocent superlative hinnocent alternative innocents plural hinnocent alternative

词汇关系

近义词
blameless clean clean-handed clean as a hound's tooth clean as a whistle clear dovelike guiltless innocent innocent as the babe unborn innocent as the child unborn irreprehensible nonblameworthy not guilty offenseless pure righteous sackless sinless unblameable unblameworthy uncalculating unguilty
反义词
blameworthy guilty nocent
衍生词
innocent agent innocent as a lamb innocent as a newborn babe innocent as the babe unborn innocent as the child unborn innocent bystander innocentness innocent passage noninnocent pseudoinnocent uninnocent
相关词
innocence innocently innocuous praiseworthy

词源

词源 1
From Middle English innocent, from Old French innocent, inocent, borrowed from Latin innocēns (“harmless, inoffensive”), from in- (“not”) + nocēns, present participle of noceō (“to hurt”). By surface analysis, in- (“not”) + nocent (“harmful; guilty”). Displaced native Old English unsċyldiġ.
词源 2
From Middle English innocent, from Old French innocent, inocent, borrowed from Latin innocēns (“harmless, inoffensive”), from in- (“not”) + nocēns, present participle of noceō (“to hurt”). By surface analysis, in- (“not”) + nocent (“harmful; guilty”). Displaced native Old English unsċyldiġ.
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