英语词汇“serendipitously”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

serendipitously

释义

serendipity /ser-ən-dipˈi-ti/

noun

The faculty of making fortunate or beneficial discoveries by accident

ORIGIN: Serendip, a former name for Sri Lanka. Horace Walpole coined the word (1754) from the title of the fairy tale ‘The Three Princes of Serendip’, whose heroes ‘were always making discoveries, by accidents and sagacity, of things they were not in quest of’

serendipˈitist noun

A person who believes in serendipity
A person who has this faculty

serendipˈitous adjective

Discovered by luck or chance
Relating to or having serendipity

serendipˈitously adverb

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