sporadic

形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /spəˈɹæd.ɪk/    美 /spəˈɹæd.ɪk/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. (of diseases) occurring in isolated instances; not epidemic. archaic
  2. Rare and scattered in occurrence.
    — It was a stodgy, weary display from Mourinho’s team with only sporadic moments when they threatened Salvatore Sirigu’s goal and their manager seemed bewildered afterwards when he tried to explain what had gone wrong.
  3. Exhibiting random behavior; patternless.
  4. Not belonging to any infinite family; an exception to an otherwise orderly classification.

词形变化

more sporadic comparative most sporadic superlative

词汇关系

衍生词
nonsporadic sporadic E sporadic group sporadicity
相关词
sporadical sporadically sporadicalness

词源

From Medieval Latin sporadicus (whence also French sporadique, Italian sporadico, Spanish esporádico), from Ancient Greek σποραδικός (sporadikós), from σποράς (sporás, “scattered, dispersed”), from σπορά (sporá), σπόρος (spóros, “a sowing [of seed]”).
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