invalid

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
发音 ĭn-vă'lĭd

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any person with a disability or illness. dated,offensive,sometimes
  2. A person who is confined to home or bed because of illness, disability or injury; one who is too sick or weak to care for themselves. dated,offensive,sometimes
  3. A disabled member of the armed forces; one unfit for active duty due to injury. archaic
动词 v.
  1. To exempt from (often military) duty because of injury or ill health. UK,transitive
    — He was invalided home after the car crash.
  2. To make invalid or affect with disease. transitive
形容词 adj.
  1. Not valid; not true, correct, acceptable, or appropriate.
    — Your argument is invalid because it uses circular reasoning.
  2. Suffering from disability or illness. not-comparable
    — Invalidism therefore referred to a lack of power as well as a tendency toward illness. It is for this reason that I choose to discuss the invalid woman rather than just the ill one.
  3. Intended for use by an invalid. not-comparable

词形变化

more invalid comparative most invalid superlative invalids plural invalids present,singular,third-person invaliding participle,present invalided participle,past invalided past

词汇关系

衍生词
fabulous invalid invalid carriage invalid chair invalidhood invalidish invalidism invalid stout semi-invalid invalid out

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 in-
Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *h₂wl̥h₁éh₁yeti
Proto-Italic *walēō
Latin valeō
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der.
Proto-Italic *-iðos
Latin -idus
Latin validusder.
Middle French validebor.
English valid
English invalid
From in- + valid.
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *né
Proto-Indo-European *n̥-
Proto-Italic *n̥-
Latin in-
Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *h₂wl̥h₁éh₁yeti
Proto-Italic *walēō
Latin valeō
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der.
Proto-Italic *-iðos
Latin -idus
Latin validus
Latin invalidusbor.
Middle French invalidebor.
English invalid
Borrowed from Middle French invalide, from Latin invalidus (“infirm, weak”), from in- (“not”) + validus (“strong”).
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