versant

英 ['vɜːs(ə)nt] 美 ['vɝsənt]
  • adj. 熟练的;熟悉的;通晓的;精通的
  • n. 倾斜地带;山坡

助记提示


1、vers- + -us(拉丁语后缀,显然该词直接源于拉丁语,没做任何变动).
2、含义:turned toward or against.
3. Latin versus "slope". => versant.
4. 山坡就是相对的、对立的。

英文词源


versant (adj.)
1640s, "busy" (with something), from Latin versantem (nominative versans), present participle of versare (see versus). Meaning "familiar, acquainted" is from 1787.

双语例句


1. Conifer forests cover the eastern versant.
东部山区被针叶树林覆盖.

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