sinister

形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈsɪ.nɪ.stə/    美 /ˈsɪ.nɪ.stə/|/ˈsɪ.nɪ.stəɹ/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Inauspicious, ominous, unlucky, illegitimate.
    — bar sinister
  2. Evil or seemingly evil; indicating lurking danger or harm.
    — sinister influences
  3. Of the left side. archaic
    — my Mothers bloud / Runs on the dexter checke, and this ſiniſter / Bounds in my fathers:
  4. Of the left side.; On the left side of a shield from the wearer's standpoint, and the right side to the viewer. archaic
    — The shield was divided into five, with two coats of arms on the dexter side (the right-hand side from the point of view of the bearer of the shield)—London and Southampton—and three on the sinister side—Salisbury, Winchester and Portsmouth.
  5. Wrong, as springing from indirection or obliquity; perverse; dishonest. obsolete
    — Nimble and sinister tricks and shifts.

词形变化

more sinister comparative most sinister superlative sinistre alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

衍生词
ambisinister ambisinistrous bar sinister baton sinister bend sinister sinister aspect sinister chief sinisterism sinisterity sinisterly sinisterness sinisterwise sinistral sinistrous unsinister

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *senh₂-
Proto-Indo-European *senh₂-is-?
Proto-Italic *senisteros
Latin sinister
Late Latin sinextrum
Old French senestrebor.
Middle English sinistre
English sinister
From Middle English sinistre (“unlucky”), from Old French senestre, sinistre (“left”), from Latin sinister (“left hand”).
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