accidental

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A property which is not essential; a nonessential; anything happening accidentally.
    — He conceived it just that accidentals ... should sink with the substance of the accusation.
  2. Those fortuitous effects produced by luminous rays falling on certain objects so that some parts stand forth in abnormal brightness and other parts are cast into a deep shadow. plural,plural-only
  3. A sharp, flat, or natural, occurring not at the commencement of a piece of music as the signature, but before a particular note.
  4. Part of a text that has a mainly structural purpose, such as spelling, punctuation, or capitalization.
形容词 adj.
  1. Pertaining to accident and not essence; thus, inessential; incidental; secondary.
  2. Pertaining to accident and not essence; thus, inessential; incidental; secondary.; Nonessential to something's inherent nature (especially in Aristotelian thought).
  3. Adjusted by one or two semitones, in temporary departure from the key signature.
  4. Occurring sometimes, by chance; occasional.
  5. Happening by chance, or unexpectedly; taking place not according to the usual course of things; by accident, unintentional.
    — The discovery was purely accidental.
  6. Being a double point with two distinct tangent planes in 4-dimensional projective space.

词形变化

more accidental comparative most accidental superlative accidentall alternative,obsolete accidentals plural accidentall alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

近义词
circumstantial incidental casual contingent fortuitous occasional serendipitous accidental accidentary by accident by the by causeless chanceable lippening random unforeseen unintended unintentional unplanned
反义词
inevitable impossible intentional
下位词
lucky risky unlucky
衍生词
accidental abortion accidental chord accidental chords accidental color accidental colors accidental colour accidental death accidental gap accidentalism accidentalist accidentality accidental light accidental lights accidentally accidentalness accidental point accidental property nonaccidental pseudoaccidental unaccidental
相关词
accident accidentally

词源

词源 1
From Middle English accidental, from Anglo-Norman accidentel, Middle French accidentel, accidental, and their source, Late Latin accidēntālis; corresponding to accident + -al.
词源 2
From Middle English accidental, from Anglo-Norman accidentel, Middle French accidentel, accidental, and their source, Late Latin accidēntālis; corresponding to accident + -al.
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