versant
英 ['v??s(?)nt]
美['v?s?nt]
- adj. 熟練的；熟悉的；通曉的；精通的
- n. 傾斜地帶；山坡
助記提示
1、vers- + -us(拉丁語后綴，顯然該詞直接源于拉丁語，沒做任何變動).
2、含義：turned toward or against.
3. Latin versus "slope". => versant.
4. 山坡就是相對的、對立的。
英文詞源
- versant (adj.)
- 1640s, "busy" (with something), from Latin versantem (nominative versans), present participle of versare (see versus). Meaning "familiar, acquainted" is from 1787.
雙語例句
- 1. Conifer forests cover the eastern versant.
- 東部山區(qū)被針葉樹林覆蓋.
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