characteristic

英语

词源

源自古希腊语 χαρακτηριστικός (kharaktēristikós)，χαρακτηρίζω (kharaktērízō, “按特征标记”)，χαρακτήρ（kharaktḗr, “记号，符号”）。

发音

• (标准英音) 国际音标^(帮助): /ˌkæɹəktəˈɹɪstɪk/
• (通用美式) 国际音标^(帮助): /ˌkɛɹəktəˈɹɪstɪk/

• 音频 (加利福尼亚)：

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• 韵部：-ɪstɪk
• 断字：char‧ac‧te‧ris‧tic

形容词

characteristic (比较级 more characteristic，最高级 most characteristic)

1. （事物或人）特有的，独特的，特性的
   • 1918, W. B. Maxwell, chapter 12, in The Mirror and the Lamp：“All this was extraordinarily distasteful to Churchill. It was ugly, gross. Never before had he felt such repulsion when the vicar displayed his characteristic bluntness or coarseness of speech. In the present connexion […] such talk had been distressingly out of place.”

同义词

• distinctive
• exclusive
• idiosyncratic
• indicative
• representative
• signature
• specific
• typical

反义词

• uncharacteristic
• untypical

派生词

• characteristic function
• characteristicness
• characteristic polynomial
• characteristic root
• characteristic time
• characteristic vector

 

名词

characteristic (复数 characteristics)

1. （人或事物的）显著特征。
2. (数学) 对数的整数部分，首数。
3. (航海) 灯塔的导航灯的特征（如颜色、闪烁、图案的不同）。
4. (代数，场论，环论) 为了得到该场的零点，必须增加场的单位的最小次数。如果该最小自然数不存在，则（该整数）为零。
   • A field's characteristic, if non-zero, must be a prime number.

同义词

• (distinguishing feature of a person or thing)： attribute, hallmark, idiosyncrasy, mannerism, quality, tendency, trademark, trait

派生词

• acquired characteristic
• defining characteristic
• demand characteristic
• Euler characteristic
• light characteristic
• secondary sex characteristic

 

相关词汇

• characteristically

参见

• mantissa

延伸阅读

• “characteristic”，Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary，Springfield, Mass.：G. & C. Merriam，1913年，OCLC 800618302
• “characteristic”，The Century Dictionary […]，New York, N.Y.：The Century Co.，1911，OCLC 867766587