单词 | initial |
释义 | Word Frequency initial(ɪˈnɪʃəl) adjective 1. of, at, or concerning the beginning noun 2. the first letter of a word, esp a person's name 3. printing a large sometimes highly decorated letter set at the beginning of a chapter or work 4. botany a cell from which tissues and organs develop by division and differentiation; a meristematic cell verbWord forms: -tials, -tialling, -tialledWord forms: US -tials, -tialing or -tialed 5. (transitive) to sign with one's initials, esp to indicate approval; endorse Derived forms initialer (inˈitialer) or initialler (inˈitialler) noun initially (inˈitially) adverb Word origin C16: from Latin initiālis of the beginning, from initium beginning, literally: an entering upon, from inīre to go in, from in-2 + īre to go |
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