ostent

象征, 表记

发音

UK /ɒˈstɛnt/
UK /ˈɒstɛnt/
其它
US /ɑˈstɛnt/
US /ˈɑstɛnt/
US /ə-/

词形变化

ostents 复数 ostenta 复数 ostented ostenting ostents 三单 ostenting 现在分词 ostented 过去式 ostented 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A display, an exhibition; an appearance, a manifestation.

    古体 罕用
  2. 2.

    A boastful, ostentatious display or exhibition.

  3. 1.

    A portent, a token.

    古体 罕用
  4. 1.

    One sixtieth of an hour: a minute (60 seconds).

    历史 废旧
v.
  1. 1.

    To make an ambitious display of; to exhibit or show boastingly; to ostentate.

    及物/不及物 废旧

词源

From Latin ostentus (“a display, exhibition, show”), from ostendere (“to exhibit, show”); see further at etymology 1.

来源：wiktionary