adventitious
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How to pronounce adventitious in British English:
英 [ˌædvenˈtɪʃəs]
How to pronounce adventitious in American English:
美 [ˌædvɛnˈtɪʃəs, -vən-]
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- Adjective:
- associated by chance and not an integral part
单词词源
- adventitious (adj.)
- "of the nature of an addition from without," c. 1600, from Medieval Latin adventitius "coming from abroad, extraneous," a corruption of Latin adventicius "foreign, strange, accidental," from advent- past participle stem of advenire "arrive" (see advent). Related: Adventitiously; adventitiousness.
双语例句
- 1. Somatic embryogenesis and formation of adventitious buds in picea koraiensis .
- 2. Sometimes there come roots from stems , called adventitious .
- 3. His knowledge of this particular bishop was somewhat adventitious .
- 4. It is customary to treat dialectic as an adventitious art , which for very wantonness introduces confusion and a mere semblance of contradiction into definite notions .
- 5. Adventitious bud induction and regeneration of sunflower .