单词 | person |
释义 | Word Frequency person(ˈpɜːsən) nounWord forms: plural persons ▶ USAGE People is the word usually used to refer to more than one individual: there were a hundred people at the reception. Persons is rarely used, except in official English: several persons were interviewed1. an individual human being 2. the body of a human being, sometimes including his or her clothing guns hidden on his person 3. a grammatical category into which pronouns and forms of verbs are subdivided depending on whether they refer to the speaker, the person addressed, or some other individual, thing, etc 4. a human being or a corporation recognized in law as having certain rights and obligations 5. philosophy a being characterized by consciousness, rationality, and a moral sense, and traditionally thought of as consisting of both a body and a mind or soul 6. archaic a character or role; guise 7. in person Word origin C13: from Old French persone, from Latin persōna mask, perhaps from Etruscan phersu maskWord Frequency Person(ˈpɜːsən) noun Christianity any of the three hypostases existing as distinct in the one God and constituting the Trinity. They are the First Person, the Father, the Second Person, the Son, and the Third Person, the Holy Ghost Word Frequency -personsuffix forming nouns ▶ USAGE See note at -man sometimes used instead of -man and -woman or -lady chairperson salesperson |
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