initial

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n. 字首, 首字母 a. 开始的, 最初的, 字首的 vt. 用姓名的首字母签名

发音

US /ɪˈnɪʃəl/
IN /ɪˈniʃ(ɪ)jal/

词形变化

initials 复数 initials initialed initialing initialled initialling initials 三单 initialing 现在分词 initialling 现在分词 initialed 过去式 initialed 过去分词 initialled 过去式 initialled 过去分词

别名

RICE innitial

教材释义与例句

名词

词首大写字母

the first letter of someone's first name

动词

用姓名的首字母签名

to write your initials on a document to make it official or to show that you agree with something

形容词

最初的；字首的

happening at the beginning

释义与例句

n. B1
  1. 1.

    The first letter of a word or a name, especially of a person's full name (their initials).

    首字母

  2. 2.

    A distinguished initial letter of a chapter or section of a document.

    首字放大

    艺术 媒体 印刷
  3. 3.

    onset, part of a syllable that precedes the syllable nucleus in phonetics and phonology.

    声母

    声纽

    音纽

    纽

    语言学
v.
  1. 1.

    To sign one's initial(s), as an abbreviated signature.

    草签

    及物

    Please initial each page and sign the contract in full at the bottom.

adj. B2 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    Chronologically first, early; of or pertaining to the beginning, cause or origin.

    初始

    最初

    Our initial admiration for their efficiency gave way to disgust about their methods.

    The initial stages of a syndrome may differ vastly from the final symptoms.

  2. 2.

    Spatially first, placed at the beginning, in the first position; especially said of the first letter of a word.

    The initial letter of names is usually printed with a capital letter.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

letter
动词

上位词 1

sign
形容词

近义相关 2

first 1st

相关短语

initial public offering 首次公开发售 initial mass function initial point [计] 初始点 initial object initial objects initial points initial reject initial rejects initial public offerings initial value problem [计] 初值问题 initial coin offering initial caps initial coin offerings initial topology initial value problems

词源

From Middle French initial or directly from its Latin etymon initiālis (“of the beginning, incipient, initial”), from initium (“a going in, entrance, beginning”), from inire (“to go in, enter upon, begin”), from in (“in”) + ire (“to go”).

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