even-

短语
FREQ #28422

释义与例句

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  1. 1.

    Even in number, not odd.

    even-toed, even-numbered, Even-even nucleus

  2. 2.

    Uniform, evenly in quantity.

    习语

    even-down, even-tempered, even-toned

词源

From Middle English even-, efen-, from Old English efn- (“equal, fellow-, co-”), from Proto-West Germanic *ebna- (“like-, level, equal-”, prefix/combining form), from Proto-Germanic *ebnaz (“equal, even”); same as Old English efn (“equal, even, level”). More at even. Cognate with Scots evin- (“equal-”), Old Frisian ivin-, evn- (“even-”), Dutch even-, Old High German eban- (“even-”).

来源：wiktionary