n

• n. 英语字母的第十四个字母

英文词源

N

in nickname, newt, and British dialectal naunt, the -n- belongs to a preceding indefinite article an or possessive pronoun mine.

Other examples of this from Middle English manuscripts include a neilond ("an island," early 13c.), a narawe ("an arrow," c. 1400), a nox ("an ox," c. 1400), a noke ("an oak," early 15c.), a nappyle ("an apple," early 15c.), a negge ("an egg," 15c.). In 16c., an idiot sometimes became a nidiot, which, with still-common casual pronunciation, became nidget, which, alas, has not survived.

The process also worked in surnames, from oblique cases of Old English at "by, near," as in Nock/Nokes/Noaks from atten Oke "by the oak;" Nye from atten ye "near the lowland;" and see Nashville.

But it is more common for an English word to lose an -n- to a preceding a: apron, auger, adder, umpire, humble pie, etc. The mathematical use of n for "an indefinite number" is first recorded 1852, in to the nth power.

双语例句

1. " N " is a syllabic consonant in " button " .

在 button 这个词里n是 构成音节的辅音.

来自《简明英汉词典》

2. M is twice as large as N.

M等于N的两倍.

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

3. Ayer started N. W. Ayer & Son in 1869, naming the firm for his father.

艾尔在1869年成立了N.W.艾尔父子公司，公司以他父亲的名字命名。

来自柯林斯例句

4. The N pole and S pole of two magnets will attract each other.

两个磁体的N极和S极互相吸引.

来自《简明英汉词典》

5. Rock'n'roll has become so commercialised and safe since punk.

摇滚乐自从朋克乐以后就已经过于商业化而缺乏新意了。

来自柯林斯例句