adventitious
a . 偶然的,外来的
偶然的,外来的
adventitious adj 1 :
associated by chance and not an integral part ; "
poetry is something to which words are the accidental ,
not by any means the essential form "-
Frederick W .
Robertson ; "
they had to decide whether his misconduct was adventitious or the result of a flaw in his character "
adventitious \
ad `
ven *
ti "
tious \ ([
a ^]
d `
v [
e ^]
n *
t [
i ^]
sh "[
u ^]
s ),
a .
[
L .
adventitius .]
1 .
Added extrinsically ;
not essentially inherent .
Syn :
accidental ;
casual ;
incidental ;
additional ;
supervenient ;
foreign .
[
1913 Webster PJC ]
To things of great dimensions ,
if we annex an adventitious idea of terror ,
they become without comparison greater . --
Burke .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 . (
Nat .
Hist .)
Out of the proper or usual place ;
as ,
adventitious buds or roots .
[
1913 Webster ]
3 . (
Bot .)
Accidentally or sparingly spontaneous in a country or district ;
not fully naturalized ;
adventive ; --
applied to foreign plants .
[
1913 Webster ]
4 . (
Med .)
Acquired ,
as diseases ;
not hereditary . --
AS [
1913 Webster ]
5 . (
Med .)
Occurring in an unusual place or arising from an external source . --
Stedman 25 [
PC ] -- {
Ad `
ven *
ti "
tious *
ly },
adv . --
{
Ad `
ven *
ti "
tious *
ness },
n .
[
1913 Webster ]
46 Moby Thesaurus words for "
adventitious ":
accessory ,
accidental ,
additional ,
adscititious ,
aleatory ,
appurtenant ,
ascititious ,
auxiliary ,
casual ,
causeless ,
chance ,
chancy ,
circumstantial ,
collateral ,
conditional ,
contingent ,
destinal ,
dicey ,
extra ,
fatal ,
fatidic ,
fluky ,
fortuitous ,
iffy ,
incidental ,
indeterminate ,
inessential ,
nonessential ,
occasional ,
provisional ,
risky ,
secondary ,
subsidiary ,
superadded ,
superfluous ,
supervenient ,
supplemental ,
supplementary ,
uncaused ,
undetermined ,
unessential ,
unexpected ,
unforeseeable ,
unforeseen ,
unlooked -
for ,
unpredictable
安装中文字典英文字典查询工具! 中文字典英文字典工具:
复制到剪贴板
英文字典中文字典相关资料:
ADVENTITIOUS Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster ADVENTITIOUS Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com ADVENTITIOUS definition | Cambridge English Dictionary Adventitious - definition of adventitious by The Free Dictionary ADVENTITIOUS definition in American English | Collins English . . . adventitious adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation . . . adventitious, adj. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford . . .