ultimate

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈʌltɪmət/|/-ɪt/    美 /ˈʌltɪmət/|/-ɪt/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The most basic or fundamental of a set of things countable,uncountable
  2. The final or most distant point; the conclusion countable,uncountable
  3. The greatest extremity; the maximum countable,uncountable
  4. Ellipsis of ultimate frisbee or ultimate disc. abbreviation,alt-of,ellipsis,uncountable
动词 v.
  1. To finish; to complete. archaic,transitive
    — These measures have been carried forward with a zeal and unanimity that warrant the hope we entertain, of ultimating the plans in respect to our Temple, before the next meeting of the Maryland Association.
形容词 adj.
  1. Final; last in a series. not-comparable
    — […] they [the sounds of an echo] next strike the ultimate secondary object, then the penultimate and antepenultimate; […]
  2. Last in a word or other utterance. not-comparable
  3. Being the greatest possible; maximum; most extreme.
    — the ultimate pleasure
  4. Being the most distant or extreme; farthest.
  5. That will happen at some time; eventual. not-comparable
  6. Last in a train of progression or consequences; tended toward by all that precedes; arrived at, as the last result; final. not-comparable
    — those ultimate truths and those universal laws of thought which we cannot rationally contradict
  7. Incapable of further analysis; incapable of further division or separation; constituent; elemental. not-comparable
    — an ultimate constituent of matter

词形变化

more ultimate comparative most ultimate superlative ultimates plural ultimates present,singular,third-person ultimating participle,present ultimated participle,past ultimated past

词汇关系

衍生词
antepenultimate pay the ultimate price penultimate super-ultimate ultimateness ultimate sacrifice ultimate tensile strength ultimate wheel
相关词
ulterior ultimatum ultra ultra-
并列词
penultimate antepenultimate preantepenultimate propreantepenultimate

词源

词源 1
* From Medieval Latin ultimātus (“furthest, last”), perfect passive participle of ultimō (“to come to an end”) (see -ate (1,2 and 3)), from ultimus (“last, final”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix). See ultra-.
* (ultimate frisbee): The sport was renamed to avoid the use of the Frisbee trademark.
词源 2
* From Medieval Latin ultimātus (“furthest, last”), perfect passive participle of ultimō (“to come to an end”) (see -ate (1,2 and 3)), from ultimus (“last, final”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix). See ultra-.
* (ultimate frisbee): The sport was renamed to avoid the use of the Frisbee trademark.
词源 3
* From Medieval Latin ultimātus (“furthest, last”), perfect passive participle of ultimō (“to come to an end”) (see -ate (1,2 and 3)), from ultimus (“last, final”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix). See ultra-.
* (ultimate frisbee): The sport was renamed to avoid the use of the Frisbee trademark.
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