accident

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈæk.sɪ.dənt/    美 /ˈæk.sə.dənt/|/ˈæk.sɪ.dənt/|/-dɛnt/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An unexpected event with negative consequences occurring without the intention of the one suffering the consequences, and (in the strict sense) not directly caused by humans. countable,uncountable
    — to die by an accident such as an act of God
  2. An unexpected event with negative consequences occurring without the intention of the one suffering the consequences, and (in the strict sense) not directly caused by humans.; casus; such unforeseen, extraordinary, extraneous interference as is out of the range of ordinary calculation. countable,uncountable
  3. A collision or crash of a vehicle, aircraft, or other form of transportation that causes damage to the transportation involved; and sometimes injury or death to the transportation's occupants or bystanders in close proximity. (but see Usage notes) countable,uncountable
    — There was a huge accident on I5 involving 15 automobiles.
  4. Any chance event. countable,uncountable
    — He also objects to the idea of women arising by an accident of nature, preferring the notion that they came about as a 'result of some strong mental impression', and so 'the sex of the progeny would have been settled by the decision of the progenitor'.
  5. Chance; random chance. uncountable
    — c.1861-1863, Richard Chevenix Trench, in 1888, Letters and memorials, Volume 1, Thou cam'st not to thy place by accident, / It is the very place God meant for thee; […]
  6. Any property, fact, or relation that is the result of chance or is nonessential or nonsubstantive. countable,uncountable
    — Beauty is an accident.
  7. Any property, fact, or relation that is the result of chance or is nonessential or nonsubstantive.; A property attached to a word, but not essential to it, such as gender, number, or case. countable,uncountable
    — An adjective, so called because adjectitious, or added to a substantive, denotes some quality or accident of the substantive to which it is joined […]
  8. An instance of incontinence. countable,euphemistic,uncountable
    — We weren’t there long when Karin asked about our dog. When we told her Chris was in the car, she insisted we bring him up to the apartment. I rejected her offer and said he might have an accident on the carpet and I didn’t want to worry about it.
  9. An instance of incontinence.; Urine or feces excreted due to incontinence. countable,euphemistic,uncountable
  10. An unintended pregnancy. countable,euphemistic,uncountable
  11. An unintended pregnancy.; A person born from an unintended pregnancy. countable,derogatory,euphemistic,humorous,uncountable
    — Taylor was our sweet little accident, and we're so glad!
  12. An injury. countable,obsolete,uncountable
    — Accident is a word which too commonly suffers a like perversion. It is used as if it meant a wound.
  13. An irregular surface feature with no apparent cause. countable,uncountable
  14. A sudden discontinuity of ground such as fault of great thickness, bed or lentil of unstable ground. countable,uncountable
  15. A point or mark which may be retained or omitted in a coat of arms. countable,uncountable
  16. Synonym of accidental. countable,uncountable
形容词 adj.
  1. Designating any form of transportation involved in an accident. not-comparable
    — The NTSB report revealed that the accident airplane was a Cessna 172.

词形变化

accidents plural

词汇关系

近义词
mishap befalling chance contingency casualty luck casus accident fortuity
反义词
intention inevitability impossibility
上位词
occurrence possibility
下位词
mischance misfortune mishap woe
衍生词
accidental accidentality accidentally accident and emergency accidentary accident blackspot accident insurance accidently accident neurosis accident of birth accidentologist accidentology accident-prone accident rate accident waiting to happen by accident cerebrovascular accident criticality accident freak accident have an accident industrial accident it is no accident malaccident motor accident nonaccident on accident POLAC postaccident road accident snaccident textident vaccident vaxident vaxxident without accident
相关词
circumstance coincidence happenstance accidental accidentally

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Latin accidō
Latin accidēnslbor.
Old French accidentbor.
Middle English accident
English accident
First attested in the late 14th century. From Middle English accident, from Old French accident, from Latin accidēns, present active participle of accidō (“happen”); from ad (“to”) + cadō (“fall”). See cadence, case. In the sense “unintended pregnancy”, first attested in 1932.
词源 2
Etymology tree
Latin accidō
Latin accidēnslbor.
Old French accidentbor.
Middle English accident
English accident
First attested in the late 14th century. From Middle English accident, from Old French accident, from Latin accidēns, present active participle of accidō (“happen”); from ad (“to”) + cadō (“fall”). See cadence, case. In the sense “unintended pregnancy”, first attested in 1932.
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