prosaic
中文来自 ECDICT
- adj.
- 散文的，散文体的，平凡的
演变路径（由近及远）
词源说明
From Middle French prosaïque, from Medieval Latin prosaicus (“in prose”), from Latin prosa (“prose”), from prorsus (“straightforward, in prose”), from Old Latin provorsus (“straight ahead”), from pro- (“forward”) + vorsus (“turned”), from vertō (“to turn”), from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to turn, to bend”).
释义（英文）
形容词 Adjective
- Pertaining to or having the characteristics of prose.
- (of writing or speaking) Straightforward; matter-of-fact; lacking the feeling or elegance of poetry.
- (main usage, usually of writing or speaking but also figurative) Overly