unreal

形容词 adj.
中文释义
发音 ŭn-rēl'

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Not real or substantial; having no actual presence in reality; lacking the characteristics of reality.
    — The word ‘ivory’ rang in the air, was whispered, was sighed. You would think they were praying to it. A taint of imbecile rapacity blew through it all, like a whiff from some corpse. By Jove! I’ve never seen anything so unreal in my life.
  2. very impressive; amazing; unbelievable; incredible; larger or more fantastic than typical of real life. informal
    — The video includes unreal footage of an eight-metre wave.

词形变化

more unreal comparative most unreal superlative

词汇关系

近义词
insubstantial
反义词
real
衍生词
unreal mode

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *né
Proto-Indo-European *n̥-
Proto-Germanic *un-
Proto-West Germanic *un-
Old English un-
Middle English un-
English un-
Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁-der.
Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁ís
Proto-Italic *reis
Latin rēs
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Late Latin -ālis
Late Latin reālisder.
Old French reelbor.
Middle English real
English real
English unreal
From un- + real.
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