| 释义 |
greek
I. \ˈgrēk\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English Greke, from Old English Grēcas, plural, from Latin Graecus, from Greek Graikos
1. capitalized
a. : a native or inhabitant of Greece : one of the Greek people; specifically : a member of one of the races of ancient Greece — compare achaean, aeolian, dorian, helladic, hellene, hellenistic 1, ionian, mycenaean, pelasgian
b. : one that is of Greek descent
c. : one that is Grecian in physical form or beauty of face : one suggesting a figure of classical Greek sculpture
< the best athlete in our village, a young Greek in his movements — C.H.Towne >
2. capitalized
a. : the language that has been used by the Greeks in its various stages of development from prehistoric times to the present and that constitutes by itself a branch of the Indo-European language family — see aeolic, arcadian, attic, cypriot, doric, ionic, koine, late greek, middle greek, new greek; indo-european languages table
b. : ancient Greek as used from the time of the earliest records to the end of the 2d century A.D.
c. [translation of Latin Graecum (in the medieval proverb Graecum est; non potest legi It is Greek; it cannot be read)] : something unintelligible; especially : gibberish
< the theory of relativity is Greek to most people >
3. capitalized : a member of an Eastern Orthodox church : orthodox
4. often capitalized
a. archaic : swindler, sharper; especially : cardsharper
b. obsolete : a hail-fellow-well-met and reveler
5. usually capitalized : a member of a Greek-letter fraternity or sorority
II. adjective
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: Middle English greke, from Greke, n.
1.
a. : of, relating to, or characteristic of Greece
b. : of, relating to, or characteristic of the Greeks
c. : of, relating to, or characteristic of the language of the Greeks
2. of architecture : of, relating to, or imitating the architecture of classical Greece : marked by pedimented structures that employ the Greek architectural orders
3.
a. : Eastern Orthodox
b. : of, relating to, or being an Eastern church using the Byzantine rite in Greek
c. : of, relating to, or being the established Orthodox church of Greece autocephalous under a holy synod since 1833 |