adventitious
/ˌæd.vənˈtɪʃ.əs/
- adj.
- 偶然的，外来的
中文释义来自 ECDICT
词源链
- 英语English
adventitious
词源说明
From Medieval Latin adventītius (“coming from abroad, extraneous”), a corruption of Latin adventīcius (“foreign, strange, accidental”), from adventus (“arrival, coming, approach, advent”) + -īcius (suffix forming adjectives), from adveniō (“to arrive”) + -tus (suffix forming action nouns).
释义
形容词adjective
- 1From an external source; not innate or inherent, foreign.
- 2Accidental, additional, appearing casually.
- 3(genetics, medicine) Not congenital; acquired