modicum

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈmɒdɪkəm/    美 /ˈmɑdɪkəm/|/-də-/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A modest, small, or trifling amount.
    — Unable to garner even a modicum of support for his plan, he conceded to follow the others.

词形变化

modicums plural modica plural,rare

词汇关系

反义词
lot

词源

From Middle English modicum, from Latin modicum (“a little, a small amount”), a noun use of the neuter form of modicus (“moderate; restrained, temperate; reasonable”) + -cum (suffix forming neuter nouns). Modicus is derived from modus (“a measure; a bound, limit”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *med- (“to measure”)) + -icus (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives).
The plural form modica is derived from Latin modica.
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