单词 | adherent |
释义 | adherent —adherently, adv. /ad hear"euhnt, -her"-/, n. 1. a person who follows or upholds a leader, cause, etc.; supporter; follower. adj. 2. sticking; clinging; adhering: an adherent substance. 3. bound by contract or other formal agreement: the nations adherent to the Geneva Convention. 4. Biol. adnate. 5. Gram. standing before and modifying a noun; attributive. [1350-1400; ME < ML adherent- for L adhaerent- (s. of adhaerens, prp. of adhaerere). See ADHERE, -ENT] Syn. 1. disciple, devotee, fan. See follower. |
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