felicitous

a. 巧妙的, 极为适当的, 善于措辞的, 可喜的

发音

US /fəˈlɪsɪtəs/
其它
UK /fəˈlɪsɪtəs/

词形变化

more felicitous 比较级 most felicitous 最高级

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Characterized by felicity.

    Appropriate, apt, fitting.

  2. 2.

    Characterized by felicity.

    Auspicious, fortunate, lucky.

  3. 3.

    Characterized by felicity.

    Causing happiness or pleasure.

  4. 4.

    Of a sentence or utterance: semantically and pragmatically coherent; fitting in the context.

    语言学

    This sentence is grammatical; it is just not felicitous.

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 1

happy

反义词 1

infelicitous

近义相关 6

happy fortunate congratulatory well-wishing gratulatory well-turned

参见 1

happy

词源

From felicity + -ous.

来源：wiktionary