winged word

短语

发音

UK /ˌwɪŋd ˈwɜːd/
AU
US /ˌwɪŋd ˈwɝd/

词形变化

winged words 复数 winged words

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A word or statement which is very apt for an occasion, or memorable.

    习语 文学

词源

Calque of Ancient Greek ἔπεα πτερόεντα (épea pteróenta), often used by Homer (said to have been born c. 750 B.C.E.), to whom the Iliad and Odyssey are attributed: from ἔπεᾰ (épeă) (plural of ἔπος (épos, “something spoken: song, speech, story”)) + πτερόεντα (pteróenta) (plural of πτερόεις (pteróeis, “feathered; winged”), from πτερόν (pterón, “feather; wing”) + -εις (-eis, suffix forming adjectives with the sense of being full of, tending to, or thoroughly possessing a quality)).

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