tabula rasa

短语

n. <拉>白板, 擦净的书写板； 婴儿空白的心灵状态, 纯洁质朴状态; 光板

发音

US /ˈtæbjʊlə ˈɹɑːzə/

词形变化

tabulae rasae 复数 tabulae rasae tabulæ rasæ tabulæ rasæ 复数

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A mind, as of a newborn, free of any impressions, notions, ideas, etc.

    哲学

    Near-synonym: clean slate

  2. 2.

    Anything which exists in a pristine state.

    Near-synonyms: clean slate, blank slate

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

clean slate fresh start

上位词 7

mind head chance brain opportunity psyche nous

词源

An unadapted borrowing from Latin, where the collocation comprised tabula (“wax-covered writing tablet”, noun) + rāsa, feminine singular of rāsus (“scraped, erased, cleaned (of text)”, participial adjective).

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