quiddity

单词音标

quiddity音标[\'kwidәti]

汉语翻译

n. 本质, 实质, 吹毛求疵的意见, 怪癖

词型变化

名词复数:quiddities

英语解释

名词 quiddity:

an evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections

同义词：quibble, cavil

the essence that makes something the kind of thing it is and makes it different from any other

同义词：haecceity

详细解释

quid.di.ty

n.（名词）

【复数】 quid.di.ties

The real nature of a thing; the essence.

实质：一事物的真实性质；本质

A hairsplitting distinction; a quibble.

吹毛求疵：作过于细微的区别；吹毛求疵

来源：

Medieval Latin quiddit3s

中世纪拉丁语 quiddit3s

from Latin quid [what] * see k wo-

源自 拉丁语 quid [什么] *参见 k wo-