詞語：effete
effete是什麼意思
簡明英漢詞典
effete
[e5fi:t]
adj.
(動植物等)生產力已枯竭的, 衰老的, 疲憊的, 衰微的
美國傳統詞典[雙解]
effete
ef.fete
AHD:[1-f?t「]
D.J.[i6fi8t]
K.K.[!6fit]
adj.（形容詞）
(1)Depleted of vitality, force, or effectiveness; exhausted:
枯竭的：缺乏生氣、氣力或效率的；精疲力竭的：
the final, effete period of the baroque style.
巴洛克風格最後的衰竭時期
(2)Marked by self-indulgence, triviality, or decadence:
頹廢的：以自我放縱、陳腐淺薄且頹廢墮落為特徵的：
an effete group of self-professed intellectuals.
一群自鳴頹廢的知識分子
(3)Overrefined; effeminate.
過於嬌柔的；女人氣的
(4)No longer productive; infertile.
貧瘠的：不能生產的；寸草不生的
語源
(1)Latin eff?s [worn out, exhausted]
拉丁語 eff?s [用盡，衰竭]
(2)ex- [ex-]
ex- [前綴，表「無」]
(3)f?s [bearing young, pregnant] * see dh?(i)-
f?s [幼育學，懷孕] *參見 dh?(i)-
繼承用法
effete「ly
adv.（副詞）
effete「ness
n.（名詞）
註釋
The fact that effete has come to mean 「effeminate」 marks a return to its etymological roots. Effete came into English from the Latin word eff?, made up of ex-, 「out,」 and the adjective f?, 「having recently given birth,」 which is related to the noun f?, 「offspring,」 a word we have borrowed as well. Latin eff?s was used of plants that had borne fruit or of animals that had borne young, but eff?s could also mean 「worn out with bearing young, exhausted, feeble.」 The English word effete, whose earliest appearance is recorded in 1621, was first used in senses similar or identical to senses of Latin eff?s ; however, in the last two centuries or so the senses 「characterized by weakness or decadence」 and 「overrefined, effeminate,」 have appeared. Both effeminate and effete go back to the same Indo-European root, dh?, meaning 「to suck.」 In effeminate we see the development from a form of the root meaning literally 「she who suckles」; in effete, the development from a form of the root that refers to the baby who sucks milk from the mother.
事實上，effete 這個詞表示「女人氣的」意義反而表明其意義更接近於其詞根的意義。 Effete 是從拉丁語effetus 傳入英語的， 這個拉丁語詞是由ex- 表「出」和形容詞 fetus 表「剛剛生產」組成的， 該詞與我們借用來的名詞fetus 表示「後代」有關。 拉丁語effetus 用於指植物剛剛結出果實或動物剛產幼仔， 但effetus 可能也表示「剛出生而精疲力竭、無力、柔弱」。 英語詞語effete 第一次記載於1621年， 當時的意義與拉丁語effetus 的意義基本相同或相似， 但從以後近兩個世紀以來，表示「柔弱或墮落」和「嬌柔或女人氣」的意義相繼出現。effeminate 和 effete 都源於同一印歐語系的詞根 dhe(i-) 意為「吸」。 在effeminate 中，我們看到從詞根形式拓展來的意義大體上是「喂奶的女人」； effete 從詞根形式發展而來的意義是指從母體身上汲取乳汁的幼兒
現代英漢詞典
effete
[e5fi:t]
adj.
衰弱的；疲憊的
現代英漢綜合大辭典
effete
[e5fi:t]
adj.
(1)精力枯竭的; 疲憊的, 衰落[弱, 老]的
(2)無能的, 不能再生的
(3)失去特色的
an effete system of education
衰敗的教育制度
繼承用法
effetely
adv.
effeteness
n.
美國傳統詞典
effete
ef.fete
AHD:[1-f?t「]
D.J.[i6fi8t]
K.K.[!6fit]
adj.
(1)Depleted of vitality, force, or effectiveness; exhausted:
the final, effete period of the baroque style.
(2)Marked by self-indulgence, triviality, or decadence:
an effete group of self-professed intellectuals.
(3)Overrefined; effeminate.
(4)No longer productive; infertile.
語源
(1)Latin eff?s [worn out, exhausted]
(2)ex- [ex-]
(3)f?s [bearing young, pregnant] * see dh?(i)-
繼承用法
effete「ly
adv.
effete「ness
n.
註釋
The fact that effete has come to mean 「effeminate」 marks a return to its etymological roots. Effete came into English from the Latin word eff?, made up of ex-, 「out,」 and the adjective f?, 「having recently given birth,」 which is related to the noun f?, 「offspring,」 a word we have borrowed as well. Latin eff?s was used of plants that had borne fruit or of animals that had borne young, but eff?s could also mean 「worn out with bearing young, exhausted, feeble.」 The English word effete, whose earliest appearance is recorded in 1621, was first used in senses similar or identical to senses of Latin eff?s ; however, in the last two centuries or so the senses 「characterized by weakness or decadence」 and 「overrefined, effeminate,」 have appeared. Both effeminate and effete go back to the same Indo-European root, dh?, meaning 「to suck.」 In effeminate we see the development from a form of the root meaning literally 「she who suckles」; in effete, the development from a form of the root that refers to the baby who sucks milk from the mother.
英漢化學大詞典
effete
adj.生產力已枯竭的,衰老的,腐朽的
英漢計算機大詞典
effete
adj.生產力已枯竭的(衰老的,腐朽的
英漢心理學大詞典
effete
衰老的