fundament

n. 基础, 臀部, 肛门 [医] 基底, 基础, 原基, 臀部

发音

US /ˈfʌn.də.mənt/
其它
UK /ˈfʌn.də.mənt/
AU /ˈfan.də.mənt/

词形变化

fundaments 复数 fundaments

别名

foundament

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Foundation.

  2. 2.

    The bottom; the buttocks or anus.

    ANOTHER defect that new-born infants are liable to is, to have their fundaments closed up; by which they can never evacuate the new excrements engendered by the milk they suck […]

  3. 3.

    The underlying basis or principle for a theoretical or mathematical system.

    基础

词汇关系

词源

From Middle English, from Old French fundement, fondement, from Latin fundāmentum (“foundation”), from fundō (“to lay the bottom, to found”). Doublet of fondamento.

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