immaculate

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a. 无污点的, 纯洁的, 无缺点的, 无辜的 [医] 无斑点, 无瑕疵的, 洁净的

发音

UK /ɪˈmækjʊlət/
其它
US /ɪˈmækjələt/

词形变化

more immaculate 比较级 most immaculate 最高级

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Having no blemish or stain; absolutely clean and tidy.

    纯洁的

    无瑕疵的

    一尘不染

    整洁

  2. 2.

    Containing no mistakes.

    比喻
  3. 3.

    Containing no mistakes.

    Of a book, manuscript, etc.: having no textual errors.

    比喻
  4. 4.

    Free from sin; morally pure; sinless.

    古体 比喻
  5. 5.

    Of the Virgin Mary or her womb: pure, undefiled.

    无染原罪

    比喻 宗教
  6. 6.

    Lacking blotches, spots, or other markings.

    生物 植物学 动物学

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 9

impeccable spotless spick and span faultless incorrupted speckless spic and span spick undefiled

近义相关 3

perfect clean pure

相关短语

Immaculate Conception 无沾成胎说；圣灵感孕说 immaculate concussion immaculate concussions immaculate disinflation immaculate disinflations Immaculate Concepcion Sister of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary

词源

From Late Middle English immaculat, immaculate (“blameless; flawless, spotless; specifically of the Virgin Mary: pure, undefiled”), borrowed from Latin immaculātus (“unstained”), from im- (negative prefix) + maculātus (“stained, spotted; defiled, polluted; (figurative) dishonoured”), the perfect passive participle of maculō (“to spot, stain; to defile, pollute; (figurative) to dishonour”), from macula (“a blemish, spot, stain; (figurative) blot on one’s character, fault”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *smh₂-tló-m (“wiping (?)”), from *smeh₂- (“to rub; to smear”). The word displaced Middle English unwemmed (“pure, untainted”). See also -ate (adjective-forming suffix). By surface analysis, im- + macule + -ate. Cognates * Catalan immaculat * Italian immacolato, immaculato (obsolete) * Middle French immaculé (modern French immaculé) * Portuguese imaculado * Spanish inmaculado

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