单词 | appertinent |
释义 | appertinentadj. Another form of appurtenant adj. and n., used especially in the non-legal sense: Appertaining, properly belonging or relating. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > [adjective] > belonging as a subsidiary right appertinentc1386 appurtenantc1386 appendant1523 c1386 G. Chaucer Clerk's Tale 954 Euery thing, That to the feste was apertinent. 1413 J. Lydgate Pilgr. of Sowle (1483) iv. xxxvi. 84 More apperteynent to worshyp of a worthy knyght than a traylyng gowne. 1577 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Islande Brit. iii. i. f. 94v/1, in R. Holinshed Chron. I White meates..are now reputed as foode appertinent only to the inferiour sort. 1661 E. Hickeringill Jamaica 91 The most promising designs..promoted with all the appertinent utensills, that policy can contrive. 1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) §100 (note) Appurtenant to the subject. 1819 S. T. Coleridge Lett. Sept. (1836) Those temptations..most appertinent to our particular calling. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < adj.c1386 |
随便看 |
|
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。