| 单词 | character |
| 释义 | character (once / 21 pages) 1n 2n 3nv 4n When Martin Luther King said he looked forward to the day when all Americans would be judged solely "by the content of their character," he was talking about a person's essential qualities. "Just because you are a character doesn't mean you have character," a guy called The Wolf advises a young woman named Raquel in Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction. The line illustrates three different senses of the word, which can mean "moral strength or reputation" (what Raquel lacks), "a person in a work of fiction" (what The Wolf and Raquel literally are), or, by extension, "a colorful personality" (what Raquel has). A fourth usage is "the distinctive nature of a person or thing," a meaning reflected in the word's origins. In Greek, a kharaktēr was a stamping tool, used to give something a distinctive mark. WORD FAMILYcharacter: charactered, charactering, characterise, characteristic, characterize, characterless, characters+/characterisation: characterisations/characterise: characterisation, characterised, characterises, characterising/characteristic: characteristically, characteristicly, characteristics, uncharacteristic/characterization: characterizations/characterize: characterization, characterized, characterizes, characterizing/uncharacteristic: uncharacteristically USAGE EXAMPLESThey agreed that claims of the “absolute character” of scientific truth, and the supposed triumph of Enlightenment reason, needed to be challenged. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) We might wonder at our ability to look past some questionable expressions of character. Salon(Jan 02, 2017) Like the protagonists of those shows, the main character shares his name and the show mirrors, somewhat, his own life. Salon(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1n a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something the radical character of our demands Syn|Hypo|Hyper lineament, quality texture the essential quality of something attribute, dimension, property a construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished 2n the inherent complex of attributes that determines a person's moral and ethical actions and reactions "education has for its object the formation of character"- Herbert Spencer Syn|Hypo|Hyper fiber, fibre spirit a fundamental emotional and activating principle determining one's character braveness, bravery, courage, courageousnessa quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain without showing fear cowardice, cowardlinessthe trait of lacking courage trait a distinguishing feature of your personal nature 3n good repute he is a man of character Hyper reputation, repute the state of being held in high esteem and honor 4n a formal recommendation by a former employer to a potential future employer describing the person's qualifications and dependability 2requests for character references are all too often answered evasively Syn|Hyper character reference, reference good word, recommendation, testimonial something that recommends (or expresses commendation of) a person or thing as worthy or desirable 1n a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities) a real character a strange character Syn|Hyper case, eccentric, type adult, grownup a fully developed person from maturity onward 2n an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story) she is the main character in the novel Syn|Exp|Hyper fictional character, fictitious character Aladdin in the Arabian Nights a boy who acquires a magic lamp from which he can summon a genie Argonaut(Greek mythology) one of the heroes who sailed with Jason in search of the Golden Fleece Babaran imaginary elephant that appears in a series of French books for children Beatricethe woman who guided Dante through Paradise in the Divine Comedy Beowulfthe legendary hero of an anonymous Old English epic poem composed in the early 8th century; he slays a monster and becomes king but dies fighting a dragon Bluebeard(fairytale) a monstrous villain who marries seven women; he kills the first six for disobedience James BondBritish secret operative 007 in novels by Ian Fleming Brer Rabbitthe fictional character of a rabbit who appeared in tales supposedly told by Uncle Remus and first published in 1880 Paul Bunyana legendary giant lumberjack of the north woods of the United States and Canada John Henryhero of American folk tales; portrayed as an enormously strong black man who worked on the railroads and died from exhaustion after winning a contest with a steam drill Cheshire cata fictional cat with a broad fixed smile on its face; created by Lewis Carroll Chicken Littlea fictional character who was hit on the head with an acorn and believed that the sky was falling Cinderellaa fictional young girl who is saved from her stepmother and stepsisters by her fairy godmother and a handsome prince Colonel Blimpa pompous reactionary cartoon character created by Sir David Low Draculafictional vampire in a gothic horror novel by Bram Stoker Don Quixotethe hero of a romance by Cervantes; chivalrous but impractical El Cidthe hero of a Spanish epic poem from the 12th century Fagina villainous Jew in a novel by Charles Dickens Sir John Falstaffa dissolute character in Shakespeare's plays Father Browna Catholic priest who was the hero of detective stories by G. K. Chesterton Faustusan alchemist of German legend who sold his soul to Mephistopheles in exchange for knowledge Frankensteinthe fictional Swiss scientist who was the protagonist in a gothic novel by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley; he created a monster from parts of corpses Frankenstein's monsterthe monster created by Frankenstein in a gothic novel by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (the creator's name is commonly used to refer to his creation) Goofya cartoon character created by Walt Disney Gullivera fictional Englishman who travels to the imaginary land of Lilliput in a satirical novel by Jonathan Swift Hamletthe hero of William Shakespeare's tragedy who hoped to avenge the murder of his father Captain Horatio Hornblowera fictional English admiral during the Napoleonic Wars in novels written by C. S. Forester Iagothe villain in William Shakespeare's tragedy who tricked Othello into murdering his wife Commissaire Maigreta fictional detective in novels by Georges Simenon Kilroya nonexistent person popularized by American servicemen during World War II King Learthe hero of William Shakespeare's tragedy who was betrayed and mistreated by two of his scheming daughters Lilliputiana 6-inch tall inhabitant of Lilliput in a novel by Jonathan Swift Philip Marlowetough cynical detective (one of the early detective heroes in American fiction) created by Raymond Chandler Wilkins Micawberfictional character created by Charles Dickens; an eternal optimist Mother Goosethe imaginary author of a collection of nursery rhymes Mr. MotoJapanese sleuth created by John Marquand Othellothe hero of William Shakespeare's tragedy who would not trust his wife Panglossan incurable optimist in a satire by Voltaire Pantaloona character in the commedia dell'arte; portrayed as a foolish old man Perry Masonfictional detective in novels by Erle Stanley Gardner Peter Panthe main character in a play and novel by J. M. Barrie; a boy who won't grow up Pied Piper of Hamelinthe title character in a German folk tale and in a poem by Robert Browning Pierrota male character in French pantomime; usually dressed in white with a whitened face Plutoa cartoon character created by Walt Disney Huckleberry Finna mischievous boy in a novel by Mark Twain Rip van Winklethe title character in a story by Washington Irving about a man who sleeps for 20 years and doesn't recognize the world when he wakens Ruritanianan imaginary inhabitant of Ruritania Tarzan of the Apesa man raised by apes who was the hero of a series of novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs Tom Sawyerthe boy hero of a novel by Mark Twain Uncle Remusthe fictional storyteller of tales written in the Black Vernacular and set in the South; the tales were first collected and published in book form in 1880 Uncle Toma servile black character in a novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe Uncle Sama personification of the United States government Sherlock Holmesa fictitious detective in stories by A. Conan Doyle Simon Legreethe cruel slave dealer in an anti-slavery novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe Sinbad the Sailorin the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages Snoopya fictional beagle in a comic strip drawn by Charles Schulz Ali Babathe fictional woodcutter who discovered that `open sesame' opened a cave in the Arabian Nights' Entertainment Emilethe boy whose upbringing was described by Jean-Jacques Rousseau protagonistthe principal character in a work of fiction Houyhnhnmone of a race of intelligent horses who ruled the Yahoos in a novel by Jonathan Swift Little Johnlegendary follower of Robin Hood; noted for his size and strength Little Red Riding Hooda girl in a fairy tale who meets a wolf while going to visit her grandmother Rodya Raskolnikova fictional character in Dostoevsky's novel `Crime and Punishment'; he kills old women because he believes he is beyond the bounds of good or evil Robin Hoodlegendary English outlaw of the 12th century; said to have robbed the rich to help the poor Robinson Crusoethe hero of Daniel Defoe's novel about a shipwrecked English sailor who survives on a small tropical island Rumpelstiltskina dwarf in one of the fairy stories of the brothers Grimm; tells a woman he will not hold her to a promise if she can guess his name and when she discovers it he is so furious that he destroys himself Shylocka merciless usurer in a play by Shakespeare Tristram(Middle Ages) the nephew of the king of Cornwall who (according to legend) fell in love with his uncle's bride (Iseult) after they mistakenly drank a love potion that left them eternally in love with each other Iseult(Middle Ages) the bride of the king of Cornwall who (according to legend) fell in love with the king's nephew (Tristan) after they mistakenly drank a love potion that left them eternally in love with each other Scaramouchea stock character in commedia dell'arte depicted as a boastful coward Svengalithe musician in a novel by George du Maurier who controls Trilby's singing hypnotically Sweeney Toddfictional character in a play by George Pitt; a barber who murdered his customers Trilbysinger in a novel by George du Maurier who was under the control of the hypnotist Svengali Walter Mittyfictional character created by James Thurber who daydreams about his adventures and triumphs Yahooone of a race of brutes resembling men but subject to the Houyhnhnms in a novel by Jonathan Swift King Arthura legendary king of the Britons (possibly based on a historical figure in the 6th century but the story has been retold too many times to be sure); said to have led the Knights of the Round Table at Camelot Sir Galahad(Arthurian legend) the most virtuous knight of the Round Table; was able to see the Holy Grail Sir Gawain(Arthurian legend) a nephew of Arthur and one of the knights of the Round Table Guenevere(Arthurian legend) wife of King Arthur; in some versions of the legend she became Lancelot's lover and that led to the end of the Knights of the Round Table Sir Lancelot(Arthurian legend) one of the knights of the Round Table; friend of King Arthur until (according to some versions of the legend) he became the lover of Arthur's wife Guinevere Merlin(Arthurian legend) the magician who acted as King Arthur's advisor imaginary being, imaginary creature a creature of the imagination; a person that exists only in legends or myths or fiction 3n an actor's portrayal of someone in a play 3Syn|Hypo|Hyper part, persona, role, theatrical role bit part, minor role a small role heavya serious (or tragic) role in a play herothe principal character in a play or movie or novel or poem ingenuethe role of an innocent artless young woman in a play name part, title rolethe role of the character after whom the play is named heroinethe main good female character in a work of fiction baddie, villainthe principal bad character in a film or work of fiction soubrettea minor female role as a pert flirtatious lady's maid in a comedy characterization, enactment, personation, portrayal acting the part of a character on stage; dramatically representing the character by speech and action and gesture 1n a written symbol that is used to represent speech the Greek alphabet has 24 characters Syn|Hypo|Hyper grapheme, graphic symbol allograph a variant form of a grapheme, as `m' or `M' or a handwritten version of that grapheme check charactera character that is added to the end of a block of transmitted data and used to check the accuracy of the transmission superior, superscripta character or symbol set or printed or written above and immediately to one side of another character inferior, subscripta character or symbol set or printed or written beneath or slightly below and to the side of another character ASCII characterany member of the standard code for representing characters by binary numbers ligaturecharacter consisting of two or more letters combined into one capital, capital letter, majuscule, upper-case letter, uppercaseone of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis lower-case letter, lowercase, minuscule, small letterthe characters that were once kept in bottom half of a compositor's type case typeprinted characters percent sign, percentage signa sign (`%') used to indicate that the number preceding it should be understood as a proportion multiplied by 100 asterisk, stara star-shaped character * used in printing dagger, obeliska character used in printing to indicate a cross reference or footnote diesis, double dagger, double obeliska character used in printing to indicate a cross reference or footnote alphabetic character, letter, letter of the alphabetthe conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech blank, spacea blank character used to separate successive words in writing or printing phonetic symbola written character used in phonetic transcription of represent a particular speech sound mathematical symbola character that is used to indicates a mathematical relation or operation rune, runic letterany character from an ancient Germanic alphabet used in Scandinavia from the 3rd century to the Middle Ages pictographa graphic character used in picture writing ideogram, ideographa graphic character that indicates the meaning of a thing without indicating the sounds used to say it radicala character conveying the lexical meaning of a logogram stenographa shorthand character ASCII control character, control characterASCII characters to indicate carriage return or tab or backspace; typed by depressing a key and the control key at the same time small cap, small capitala character having the form of an upper-case letter but the same height as lower-case letters type familya complete set of type suitable for printing text case, face, font, fount, typefacea specific size and style of type within a type family ascendera lowercase letter that has a part extending above other lowercase letters descendera lowercase letter that has a part extending below other lowercase letters digram, digraphtwo successive letters (especially two letters used to represent a single sound: `sh' in `shoe') initialthe first letter of a word (especially a person's name) A, athe 1st letter of the Roman alphabet B, bthe 2nd letter of the Roman alphabet C, cthe 3rd letter of the Roman alphabet D, dthe 4th letter of the Roman alphabet E, ethe 5th letter of the Roman alphabet F, fthe 6th letter of the Roman alphabet G, gthe 7th letter of the Roman alphabet H, hthe 8th letter of the Roman alphabet I, ithe 9th letter of the Roman alphabet J, jthe 10th letter of the Roman alphabet K, kthe 11th letter of the Roman alphabet L, lthe 12th letter of the Roman alphabet M, mthe 13th letter of the Roman alphabet N, nthe 14th letter of the Roman alphabet O, othe 15th letter of the Roman alphabet P, pthe 16th letter of the Roman alphabet Q, qthe 17th letter of the Roman alphabet R, rthe 18th letter of the Roman alphabet S, sthe 19th letter of the Roman alphabet T, tthe 20th letter of the Roman alphabet U, uthe 21st letter of the Roman alphabet V, vthe 22nd letter of the Roman alphabet W, double-u, wthe 23rd letter of the Roman alphabet X, ex, xthe 24th letter of the Roman alphabet Y, wye, ythe 25th letter of the Roman alphabet Z, ezed, izzard, z, zed, zeethe 26th letter of the Roman alphabet alphathe 1st letter of the Greek alphabet betathe 2nd letter of the Greek alphabet gammathe 3rd letter of the Greek alphabet deltathe 4th letter of the Greek alphabet epsilonthe 5th letter of the Greek alphabet zetathe 6th letter of the Greek alphabet etathe 7th letter of the Greek alphabet thetathe 8th letter of the Greek alphabet iotathe 9th letter of the Greek alphabet kappathe 10th letter of the Greek alphabet lambdathe 11th letter of the Greek alphabet muthe 12th letter of the Greek alphabet nuthe 13th letter of the Greek alphabet xithe 14th letter of the Greek alphabet omicronthe 15th letter of the Greek alphabet pithe 16th letter of the Greek alphabet rhothe 17th letter of the Greek alphabet sigmathe 18th letter of the Greek alphabet tauthe 19th letter of the Greek alphabet upsilonthe 20th letter of the Greek alphabet phithe 21st letter of the Greek alphabet chi, khithe 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet psithe 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet omegathe last (24th) letter of the Greek alphabet alephthe 1st letter of the Hebrew alphabet beththe 2nd letter of the Hebrew alphabet gimelthe 3rd letter of the Hebrew alphabet daleththe 4th letter of the Hebrew alphabet hethe 5th letter of the Hebrew alphabet wawthe 6th letter of the Hebrew alphabet zayinthe 7th letter of the Hebrew alphabet heththe 8th letter of the Hebrew alphabet teththe 9th letter of the Hebrew alphabet yodhthe 10th letter of the Hebrew alphabet kaphthe 11th letter of the Hebrew alphabet lamedhthe 12th letter of the Hebrew alphabet memthe 13th letter of the Hebrew alphabet nunthe 14th letter of the Hebrew alphabet samekhthe 15th letter of the Hebrew alphabet ayinthe 16th letter of the Hebrew alphabet pethe 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet sadhethe 18th letter of the Hebrew alphabet qophthe 19th letter of the Hebrew alphabet reshthe 20th letter of the Hebrew alphabet sinthe 21st letter of the Hebrew alphabet shinthe 22nd letter of the Hebrew alphabet tawthe 23rd letter of the Hebrew alphabet polyphone, polyphonic lettera letter that has two or more pronunciations block capital, block lettera plain hand-drawn letter thorna Germanic character of runic origin logogram, logographa single written symbol that represents an entire word or phrase without indicating its pronunciation vowela letter of the alphabet standing for a spoken vowel consonanta letter of the alphabet standing for a spoken consonant printed symbol, written symbol a written or printed symbol 2v engrave or inscribe characters on 4Hyper engrave, grave, inscribe, scratch carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface n (genetics) an attribute (structural or functional) that is determined by a gene or group of genes Hypo|Hyper unit character (genetics) a character inherited on an all-or-none basis and dependent on the presence of a single gene attribute an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity |
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