novity

发音

UK /ˈnɒvɪtɪ/
US /ˈnɑvɪti/

词形变化

novities 复数 novities

别名

novitee nouite nouitee novite nouitie novitie nouity

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An innovation; a novelty.

    古体 可数 不可数
  2. 2.

    Novelty; newness.

    古体 不可数 可数

词源

Inherited from the Middle English novitē (“an innovative practice”), borrowed from Middle French novité (“novelty, change, innovation”), from the Latin novitās (“newness, novelty; rareness, strangeness; newness of rank; reformation”); cognate with the Italian novità, the Portuguese novidade, the Romanian noutate, and the Spanish novedad.

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