test
英 [test]
美[t?st]
- n. 試驗(yàn)；檢驗(yàn)
- vt. 試驗(yàn)；測(cè)試
- vi. 試驗(yàn)；測(cè)試
- n. (Test)人名；(英)特斯特
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詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?tests;第三人稱(chēng)單數(shù):?tests;過(guò)去式:?tested;過(guò)去分詞:?tested;現(xiàn)在分詞:?testing;
中文詞源
test 見(jiàn)證，證實(shí)
來(lái)自古法語(yǔ) tester,見(jiàn)證，證實(shí)，來(lái)自拉丁語(yǔ) testari,作證，證實(shí)，來(lái)自 PIE*tri-st,第三人，來(lái)自 PIE*tri,三，詞源同 three,*st,站立，詞源同 stand.字母 r 脫落，詞義演變比較 umpire,裁判，字 面意思為第三人。
test 陶器，測(cè)驗(yàn)，檢驗(yàn)，測(cè)試，試驗(yàn)來(lái)自古法語(yǔ) test,陶器，特指古代用于測(cè)量和檢驗(yàn)金屬元素的陶土制容器，來(lái)自拉丁語(yǔ) testum, 陶器，陶罐，來(lái)自 terra,土，-st,過(guò)去分詞格，詞源同 terrine,terrain.引申詞義測(cè)量，檢驗(yàn)等。
英文詞源
- test
- test: [14] Latin testum denoted an ‘earthenware pot’. English acquired it via Old French test, and used it originally for a ‘pot in which metals are subjected to heat’. Among the purposes these tests were put to was assaying, to ascertain the quality of metal, and by the 16th century the word was being used metaphorically for an ‘examination of properties or qualities’. English testy and French tête ‘head’ are close relatives.
=> testy - test (n.)
- late 14c., "small vessel used in assaying precious metals," from Old French test, from Latin testum "earthen pot," related to testa "piece of burned clay, earthen pot, shell" (see tete).
Sense of "trial or examination to determine the correctness of something" is recorded from 1590s. The connecting notion is "ascertaining the quality of a metal by melting it in a pot." Test Act was the name given to various laws in English history meant to exclude Catholics and Nonconformists from office, especially that of 1673, repealed 1828. Test drive (v.) is first recorded 1954. - test (v.)
- 1748, "to examine the correctness of," from test (n.), on the notion of "put to the proof." Earlier "assay gold or silver" in a test (c. 1600). Meaning "to administer a test" is from 1939; sense of "undergo a test" is from 1934. Related: Tested; testing.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. So far 57 have taken the test and all have been negative.
- 到目前為止，參加測(cè)試的有57人，測(cè)試結(jié)果均呈陰性。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 2. He tried to bluff his way through another test and failed it.
- 他試圖再次在考試中蒙混過(guò)關(guān)，但卻露餡了。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 3. The scientists have already experimented at each other's test sites.
- 科學(xué)家已經(jīng)在彼此的實(shí)驗(yàn)場(chǎng)所進(jìn)行了實(shí)驗(yàn)。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 4. The test can accurately predict what a bigger explosion would do.
- 該試驗(yàn)?zāi)軠?zhǔn)確地預(yù)測(cè)一次更大爆炸的威力。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 5. He suggested a link between class size and test results of seven-year-olds.
- 他認(rèn)為7歲大的學(xué)生的測(cè)試分?jǐn)?shù)和班級(jí)的規(guī)模有關(guān)系。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句