noncharacter

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. That which is not a character (unit of text).
  2. That which is not a character (unit of text).; One of 66 code points (the 32 code points U+FDD0–U+FDEF, plus the last two code points—U+...FFFE and U+...FFFF—of each of the 17 planes) which are guaranteed never to be assigned and are intended for process-internal use.
  3. That which is not a character, as in literature.
    — Like the noncharacter at the center of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? the screen's nonimage and the man it effaces enable other forms of repression, […]
  4. A fictional character in a piece of literature or other media that lacks distinct personality traits, depth, or development.
    — She’s a non-character hyped up to sell merchandise.

词形变化

noncharacters plural non-character alternative

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *né
Proto-Germanic *ne
Proto-Indo-European *ís?
Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos
Proto-Germanic *ainaz
Proto-Germanic *nainaz
Proto-West Germanic *nain
Old English nān
Middle English non
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Old English nān
Old English nān-
Middle English non-
English non-
Ancient Greek χαράσσω (kharássō)
Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr
Ancient Greek -τήρ (-tḗr)
Ancient Greek χαρακτήρ (kharaktḗr)der.
Latin charactērder.
Old French caracterebor.
Middle English caracter
English character
English noncharacter
From non- + character.
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