| 释义 |
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024non•pa•reil /ˌnɑnpəˈrɛl/USA pronunciation adj. - having no equal;
peerless.
n. [countable] - a person or thing having no equal.
- Fooda pellet of colored sugar for decorating candy, cakes, or cookies.
- Fooda bite-sized disk of chocolate covered with white nonpareil pellets.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024non•pa•reil (non′pə rel′),USA pronunciation adj. - having no equal;
peerless.
n. - a person or thing having no equal.
- Fooda small pellet of colored sugar for decorating candy, cake, and cookies.
- Fooda flat, round, bite-sized piece of chocolate covered with this sugar.
- BirdsSee painted bunting.
- [Print.]
- Printinga 6-point type.
- Printinga slug occupying 6 points of space between lines.
- Vulgar Latin *pariculum (Latin pari- (stem of pār) equal + -culum -cule1)
- Middle French nonpareil, equivalent. to non- non- + pareil equal
- late Middle English nonparaille 1400–50
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged unparalleled.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged nonesuch.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged ordinary.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: nonpareil /ˈnɒnpərəl; ˌnɒnpəˈreɪl/ n - a person or thing that is unsurpassed or unmatched; peerless example
- (formerly) a size of printers' type equal to 6 point
- US a small bead of coloured sugar used to decorate cakes, biscuits, etc
- chiefly US a flat round piece of chocolate covered with this sugar
adj - having no match or equal; peerless
Etymology: 15th Century: from French, from non- + pareil same |