单词 | Greek-letter society |
释义 | Greek /grēk/adjectiveOf Greece, its people, or its language noun
ORIGIN: OE Grēcas, Crēcas Greeks, or L Graecus, from Gr Graikos Greek Greekˈdom noun
Greekˈing or greekˈing noun (as in desktop publishing, advertising, etc) representation of text and graphics as straight lines, random characters or other graphic convention, to give an overall impression of the page layout Greekˈish adjective Greekˈless adjective Without knowledge of Greek Greekˈling noun (archaic) A contemptible Greek Greekˈness noun Greek architecture noun The style of architecture developed in ancient Greece (Corinthian, Doric, Ionic) Greek Church or Greek Orthodox Church see Eastern Church under east Greek cross noun An upright cross with arms of equal length greeked text noun (computing) A method of displaying very small text in which a simple symbol replaces the actual text in order to reduce the time needed for display while retaining the appearance of the layout Greek fire noun A substance (of unknown composition) that caught fire when wetted, used in war against enemy ships, long a secret of the Byzantine Greeks Greek gift noun A treacherous gift (from Virgil's Aeneid 2.49) Greek god noun A classic example of male beauty Greek key (pattern) noun A fret pattern Greek letter society or Greek-letter society noun (in US universities) a social, professional or honorary fraternity or sorority, using a combination of Greek letters as a title, such as Phi Beta Kappa Greek love, Greek style or Greek way noun (US sl) Anal sex Greek nose noun A Grecian nose Greek salad noun A salad with feta, tomatoes, cucumber, onion and olives. the Greek calends Never (the Greeks having no calends) |
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