【英语学习】【WOTD】abecedarian 释义/词源/示例

abecedarian adj. [ay-bee-see-DAIR-ee-un]

字母表的，初步的

Definition

1 a: of or relating to the alphabet
   a：字母的，或与字母相关的
   b: alphabetically arranged
   b：按字母顺序排列的

2: rudimentary
2：基本的，初步的，未充分发展的

Did You Know?

The history of abecedarian is as simple as ABC — literally. The term’s Late Latin ancestor, abecedārius (which meant “alphabetical”), was created as a combination of the letters A, B, C, and D, plus the adjective suffix -arius; you can hear the echo of that origin in the pronunciation of the English term (think “ABC-darian”). In its oldest documented English uses in the early 1600s, abecedarian was a noun meaning “one learning the rudiments of something”; it specifically referred to someone who was learning the alphabet. The adjective began appearing in English texts a few decades after the noun.

词源词根演化：abecedārius (alphabetical) --> abecedarian

事实上，abecedarian的历史就像ABC一样简单。这个词的Late Latin祖先abecedārius，意思是”字母的“，是由字母A，B，C，D以及形容词后缀-arius组合而成的，从这个单词的读音上也可以看出端倪（读作ABC-darian）。这个单词最早期的用法可以追溯到1600早期，当时作名词，意思是“学习某事物基础知识的人”；尤其是指代“学习字母的人”；后来数十年后，英语文书中出现了形容词用法。

Examples

• The children recited an abecedarian chant, beginning with “A is for apple” and ending with “Z is for zebra.”

  孩子们背诵了字母表歌，起头是A for apple，结尾是Z for zebra。

  注：chant：圣歌，赞美诗，韵律

• “Aficionados of Sue Grafton’s popular detective novels starring Kinsey Millhone will not be disappointed by S is for Silence, Grafton’s 19th book in her abecedarian series launched in 1982 with A is for Alibi.”
  — Jan Collins, The State (Columbia, South Carolina), 11 Dec. 2005

  Sue Grafton的以Kinsey Millhone为主角的畅销侦探系列小说的书迷们不会对这篇《S is for Silence》失望，这是Grafton的第19本书，按照字母顺序的系列，第一本《A is for Alibi》出版于1982年。

  注：aficionado：也作affcionado，迷，爱好者

Reference

Sue Grafton

Sue Taylor Grafton was an American author of detective novels. She is best known as the author of the “alphabet series” featuring private investigator Kinsey Millhone in the fictional city of Santa Teresa, California.
http://www.suegrafton.com/