nonpareil
英[,nɒnpə'reɪl]
美[,nɑnpə'rɛl]
- n. 无可匹敌的人；极品
- adj. 无比的
中文词源
nonpareil 无与伦比的人
来自法语，non-,无，非，par,对等，相等，词源同pair,peer.比喻用法。
英文词源
- nonpareil
- nonpareil: see pair
- nonpareil (adj.)
- late 15c., "having no equal," from Middle French nonpareil "unequalled, peerless," from non- "not" (see non-) + pareil "equal." The noun meaning "an unequaled person or thing" is from 1590s; first applied to a kind of candy 1690s. As the name of a printing type (6 point size) it is attested from 1640s.
双语例句
- 1. Studies on the micropropagation of 5 cultivars of almond, Bulgaria 1, Nonpareil , Fritz, Prize and Neplus, was conducted with node explants.
- 对5个引进的美国扁桃品种Bulgaria1 、 Nonpareil 、 Fritz 、 Prize和Neplus的 微繁殖进行了研究.
来自互联网
- 2. We may have to agree that the noble Lord is not precisely a nonpareil as a departmental minister.
- 我们也许只能一致认定：这位高贵的勋爵作为一位大臣不一定算得全善全美。
来自辞典例句
- 3. We may have to agree that the noble Lord a nonpareil as a departmental minister.
- 我们也许只能一致认定:这位高贵的勋爵作为一位大臣不一定算得全善全美.
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