serendipity
/ˌsɛr.ənˈdɪp.ɪ.ti/
- n.
- 偶然发现珍宝的运气/才能，易遇奇缘的运气
中文释义来自 ECDICT
构词拆解
- -ity
- Used to form an uncountable noun from an adjective; especially, to form the noun referring to the state, property, or quality of conforming to the adjective's description. · Used to form a countable noun from an adjective, referring to someone or something that conforms to the adjective's description.
也可拆解为
- -ity
- Used to form an uncountable noun from an adjective; especially, to form the noun referring to the state, property, or quality of conforming to the adjective's description. · Used to form a countable noun from an adjective, referring to someone or something that conforms to the adjective's description.
词源说明
From Serendip (“variant of Serendib: Ceylon, Sri Lanka”) + -ity. Coined by English writer and politician Horace Walpole in 1754 based on the Persian story of the Three Princes of Serendip, who (Walpole wrote to a friend) were “always making discoveries, by accidents and sagacity, of things which they were not in quest of”.
释义
名词noun
- 1The phenomenon of making an unplanned, fortunate discovery through a combination of unexpected circumstances and insightful recognition.
- 2An unsought, unintended or unexpected, but fortunate, discovery or learning experience that occurs by accident.
- 3The occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way.