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单词 sub-idea
释义

sub-idean.

Brit. /ˈsʌbʌɪdɪə/, U.S. /ˈsəbaɪˌdiə/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: sub- prefix, idea n.
Etymology: < sub- prefix + idea n.
A subordinate, secondary, or lesser idea; an underlying or implicit idea.
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1822 S. T. Coleridge in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Jan. 8/1 The great idea, and too many of the sub-ideas, of my ideal work awoke.
1878 A. B. Grosart G. Daniel's Poems I. 217 ‘Antike’ = ancient, with the sub-idea of grotesqueness.
1902 Times Dec. 5 11/1 Round this main idea clustered many little sub-ideas.
1995 R. Zaporah Action Theater vii. 95 One sentence can carry a main idea, sub-ideas, and hints of other ideas.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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