单词 | modern |
释义 | Word Frequency modern(ˈmɒdən) adjective 1. of, involving, or befitting the present or a recent time; contemporary 2. of, relating to, or characteristic of contemporary styles or schools of art, literature, music, etc, esp those of an experimental kind 3. belonging or relating to the period in history from the end of the Middle Ages to the present noun 4. a contemporary person 5. printing a type style that originated around the beginning of the 19th century, characterized chiefly by marked contrast between thick and thin strokes Compare old face Derived forms modernly (ˈmodernly) adverb modernness (ˈmodernness) noun Word origin C16: from Old French, from Late Latin modernus, from modō (adv) just recently, from modus mode |
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