单词 | self-interpreting |
释义 | > as lemmasself-interpreting self-interpreting adj. Brit. /ˌsɛlfɪnˈtəːprᵻtɪŋ/ , U.S. /ˌsɛlfᵻnˈtərprədɪŋ/ ΚΠ 1683 T. Beverley Catholick Catech. ix. 44 The plain, evident, and Self-Interpreting Oracles of Scripture. 1778 J. Brown (title) The self-interpreting Bible. 1834 N. Amer. Rev. Apr. 335 This language has its disadvantages, which, so long as it aspires to the character of a self-interpreting instrument of thought, are inseparable from the nature of its elements. 1935 A. C. Baugh Hist. Eng. Lang. vii. 266 One further habit which was somewhat weakened [in Middle English],..was that of combining native words into self-interpreting compounds. 2015 Washington Post (Nexis) 13 Jan. a15 Election outcomes are not self-interpreting. < as lemmas |
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