nonpareil

a. 无比的, 无上的 n. 完美无比的人, 举世无双的人/物, 完美无比的物

发音

UK /nɒnpəˈɹeɪ(l)/
UK /nɒm-/
UK /ˈnɒnpəɹ(ə)l/
UK /ˈnɒnpɹ(ə)l/
UK /ˈnɒm-/
US /ˌnɑnpəˈɹɛl/

词形变化

nonpareils 复数 nonpareils more nonpareil 比较级 most nonpareil 最高级

别名

non-pareil nonparella nonpareillo nonpareille

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A person or thing that has no equal; a paragon.

    可数 不可数
  2. 2.

    The blue underwing or Clifden nonpareil (Catocala fraxini), a species of moth distributed across the Palearctic; also (obsolete) any of a number of moths of other species.

    可数 不可数 生物
  3. 3.

    In full nonpareil parrot: an eastern rosella, of species Platycercus eximius, a rosella (parrot) native to southeastern Australia.

    澳大利亚 古体 可数 不可数 生物
  4. 4.

    A painted bunting (Passerina ciris), a brightly-coloured finch native to North America.

    美国 可数 不可数 生物
  5. 5.

    In full nonpareil apple: an apple tasting both sweet and tart which ripens very late in the season; also, the tree producing this fruit.

    古体 可数 不可数 生物
  6. 6.

    Any of various types of small sweets.

    美国 古体 可数 不可数 烹饪
  7. 7.

    A small pellet of white or coloured sugar used as decoration on baked goods and candy.

    美国 可数 过时 不可数 烹饪 引申义
  8. 8.

    A small, flat chocolate drop covered with such pellets of sugar, similar to a comfit.

    美国 可数 不可数 烹饪 引申义
  9. 9.

    A caper (“pickled edible flower bud”) of the smallest size.

    美国 可数 不可数 烹饪 引申义
  10. 10.

    A size of type between ruby and emerald (or, in the United States, between agate and minion), standardized as 6-point; (countable) a slug of this size.

    历史 不可数 媒体 印刷 可数
adj.
  1. 1.

    Unequalled, unrivalled; unique.

    无俦

词汇关系

名词

同义词 6

saint ideal paragon apotheosis nonesuch nonsuch

上位词 4

sweet model role model confection

下位词 4

crackerjack class act humdinger jim-dandy
形容词

同义词 8

one unmatched peerless matchless one and only unmatchable unrivaled unrivalled

近义相关 2

incomparable uncomparable

词源

From Late Middle English non-parail (“unparalleled, nonpareil”) [and other forms], from Middle French nonpareille, nonpareil (“unparalleled”) (obsolete), from non- (prefix meaning ‘not’) + pareil (“alike, like, same”). Pareil is derived from Old French pareil, from Late Latin pāriculus (“equal; like; of a number: even”), from Latin pār (“equal; like; of a number: even; suitable”) + -culus (a variant of -ulus (suffix forming diminutives)). Doublet of umpire. Noun sense 4 (size of type standardized at 6-point) is usually taken to derive from the attractive type cut by the brothers Giovanni and Gregorio De Gregori (fl. 1482–1503 and 1496–1527 respectively) for their 1498 edition of the divine offices in Venice; it was for a long time the smallest-sized type in use.

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