accurate

形容词 adj.
/ˈak.jʊ.ɹɪt/|/ˈak.jə.ɹɪt/|/-ət/    /ˈæk.jə.ɹɪt/|/-ət/|/ˈæk.ɹɪt/|/ˈæk.ə.ɹɪt/|/-ət/|/ˈæk.jə.ɹɪt/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Telling the truth or giving a true result; exact; not defective or faulty.
    — an accurate calculator
  2. Deviating only slightly or within acceptable limits.
    — My horoscopes I read last week were surprisingly accurate.
  3. On course to hit, or successful in hitting, a target; well-aimed.
    — an accurate pass
  4. Capable of consistently hitting a target, especially using some weapon or tool.
    — an accurate marksman
  5. Precisely fixed; executed with care; careful. obsolete
    — for that is the fume of those, that conceive the celestial bodies have more accurate influences upon these things below, than indeed they have

词形变化

more accurate comparative most accurate superlative

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd
Proto-Italic *ad
Proto-Italic *ad-
Latin ad-
Proto-Indo-European *kʷey-
Proto-Indo-European *kʷeys-der.
Proto-Italic *kʷoizā
Latin cūra
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Italic *-āō
Latin -ō
Latin cūrō
Latin accūrō
Latin accūrātusbor.
English accurate
Borrowed from Latin accūrātus, perfect passive participle of accūrō (“to take care of”), from ad- (“to, towards, at”) + cūrō (“care for”). First attested in 1610. Compare English cure.
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