decuman

a. 巨大的,与古罗马军团步兵第十队有关的

发音

/ˈdɛkjʊmən/

词形变化

decumans 复数 decumans

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An extraordinarily large billow.

    废旧
adj.
  1. 1.

    Large; chief; applied to an extraordinary billow, supposed by some to be every tenth in sequence.

    废旧
  2. 2.

    Connected with the principal gate of an Ancient Roman camp, near which the tenth cohort of the legion was stationed.

    历史

词源

From Latin decumānus (“of the tenth, and by metonymy, large”), from decem (“ten”).

来源：wiktionary