percontation

发音

UK /ˌpɜːkɒnˈteɪʃn̩/
其它
US /ˌpɝkənˈteɪʃ(ə)n/

词形变化

percontations 复数 percontations

别名

percunctation

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A question which cannot properly be given a one-word answer like “yes” or “no”.

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词源

Learned borrowing from Latin percontatiō (“inquiry, questioning”), from percontor (“to interrogate, investigate”) + -tiō.

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