| 释义 |
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024sym•po•si•ast (sim pō′zē ast′, -əst),USA pronunciation n. - a person who attends or participates in a symposium.
- assumed Greek *symposiasté̄s, derivative of symposiázein to drink together (with agentive suffix -tēs), verb, verbal derivative of symposíon drinking party (see symposium); in recent use probably recoinage: symposi(um) + -ast
- origin, originally 1650–60
|