agon

n. 有奖竞赛, 戏剧中的人物冲突 [化] 辅基

发音

UK /ˈæ.ɡəʊn/
AU
US /ˈæ.ɡoʊn/

词形变化

agones agons 复数 agons agones 复数

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A struggle or contest; conflict; especially between the protagonist and antagonist in a literary work.

    可数 不可数
  2. 2.

    An intellectual conflict or apparent competition of ideas.

    可数 不可数
  3. 3.

    A contest in ancient Greece, as in athletics or music, in which prizes were awarded.

    可数 不可数
  4. 4.

    A two-player board game played on a hexagonally-tiled board, popular in Victorian times.

    不可数 可数

词汇关系

名词

上位词 2

celebration festivity

词源

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ger-der. Proto-Hellenic *agéřřō Ancient Greek ἀγείρω (ageírō) Ancient Greek ᾰ̓γών (ăgṓn)bor. Latin agōnbor. English agon From Latin agōn, from Ancient Greek ἀγών (agṓn, “contest”).

来源：wiktionary