liminal

a. 阈限的 [医] 阀的

发音

其它 /ˈlɪmən(ə)l/

词形变化

more liminal 比较级 most liminal 最高级

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Of or pertaining to an entrance or threshold.

  2. 2.

    Pertaining to or in a state that is in-between or transitional between two (or more) other states, while belonging to neither; pertaining to or in a state such as to be neither definitively in a particular other state or category nor definitively outside it.

  3. 3.

    Of or pertaining to a beginning or first stage of a process.

相关短语

liminal space liminal spaces

词源

From Latin limināris, from līmen (“doorstep, threshold; doorway, entrance; beginning, commencement”) + -ālis (suffix forming adjectives of relationship from nouns). Līmen is possibly derived from līmus (“askew; sideways”) (possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *Heh₃l- (“to bend, bow; elbow”)) + -men (suffix forming neuter nouns of the third declension) (from Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ (suffix forming action nouns or result nouns from verbs)).

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