scrutiny
中文来自 ECDICT
- n.
- 细看，仔细检查，监视，选票检查
演变路径（由近及远）
- 英语
- 继承自 ←中古英语 scrutiny
- 源自 ←中世纪拉丁语 scrūtinium “a search, an inquiry”
- 源自 ←通俗拉丁语 scrūtor “to search or examine thoroughly”
- 源自 ←晚期拉丁语 scrūta “rubbish, broken trash”
- 源自 ←原始印欧语 *(s)ker- “to cut”
词源说明
From Middle English scrutiny, from Medieval Latin scrūtinium (“a search, an inquiry”), from Vulgar Latin scrūtor (“to search or examine thoroughly”), from Late Latin scrūta (“rubbish, broken trash”), from an extension of Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut”).
释义（英文）
名词 Noun
- Intense study of someone or something.
- Thorough inspection of a situation or a case.
- (Christianity) An examination of catechumens, in the last week of Lent, who were to receive baptism on Easter Day.
- A ticket, or little paper billet