spurious

形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈspjʊə.ɹi.əs/|/ˈspjɔː-/|/ˈspjɵː.ɹɪjəs/|/ˈspjoː-/    美 /ˈspjʊɹ.i.əs/|/ˈspʊɹ-/|/ˈspjɔɹ-/|/ˈspjɝ-/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. False, not authentic, not genuine.
    — His argument was spurious and had no validity.
  2. Extraneous, stray; not relevant or wanted.
    — I tried to concentrate on the matter in hand, but spurious thoughts kept intruding.
  3. Bastardly, illegitimate. archaic
    — […] who alſo in her prime of love, Spouſal embraces, vitiated with Gold, Though offer’d only, by the ſent conceiv’d Her ſpurious firſt-born; Treaſon againſt me?

词形变化

more spurious comparative most spurious superlative

词汇关系

反义词
genuine representative
衍生词
nonspurious spurion spuriosity spurious diphthong spurious infection spurious language spuriously spuriousness unspurious
相关词
specious

词源

Borrowed from Late Latin spurius (“illegitimate, bastardly”), possibly related to sperno or from Etruscan.
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