fickle
英 ['fɪk(ə)l]
美 ['fɪkl]
助記提示
1. 諧音“飛客”----飛行的人、飛簷走壁的人，到處飛來飛去，當然是善變的、變幻莫測的。
2. 諧音“飛科”。
3. 諧音“匪客”---匪客、匪寇、土匪當然是善變的、靠不住的。
中文詞源
fickle 反複無常的來自PIE*peig, 狡猾的，敵對的，壞心眼的，詞源同foe, fiend. 引申詞義反複無常的。
英文詞源
- fickle (adj.)
- c. 1200, "false, treacherous, deceptive, deceitful, crafty" (obsolete), probably from Old English ficol "deceitful, cunning, tricky," related to befician "deceive," and to facen "deceit, treachery; blemish, fault." Common Germanic (compare Old Saxon fekan "deceit," Old High German feihhan "deceit, fraud, treachery"), from PIE *peig- (2) "evil-minded, treacherous, hostile" (see foe).
Sense of "changeable, inconstant, unstable" is from c. 1300 (especially of Fortune and women). Related: Fickleness. Fickly (c. 1300) is rare or obsolete. Also with a verb form in Middle English, fikelen "to deceive, flatter," later "to puzzle, perplex," which survived long enough in Northern dialects to get into Scott's novels. Fikel-tonge (late 14c.) was an allegorical or character name for "one who speaks falsehoods."
雙語例句
- 1. Orta's weather can be fickle.
- 奧爾塔的天氣變幻莫測。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The weather here is notoriously fickle.
- 這裏的天氣出了名的變化無常。
來自《權威詞典》
- 3. Fluctuating prices usually base on a fickle public's demand.
- 物價的波動往往是由於群眾需求的不穩定而引起的.
來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》
- 4. The television world was a notoriously fickle one.
- 電視圈是出了名的變化無常.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. They have no use for fickle supporters.
- 他們不能容忍反覆無常的擁護者.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》