Edwardian

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A person from the Edwardian era. historical
    — So he began, being an Edwardian, by describing accurately and minutely the sort of house Hilda lived in, and the sort of house she saw from the window. House property was the common ground from which the Edwardians found it easy to proceed to intimacy.
形容词 adj.
  1. Of the period in British history from circa 1901 to 1910, when Edward VII ruled the British Empire.
    — If the kind of network we envisage is to be established, it would be unwise to begin any of its services hurriedly with older stock, which, however admirable in its day, now has an air of faded Edwardian splendour that is out of joint with the times.

词形变化

more Edwardian comparative most Edwardian superlative Edwardians plural

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Germanic *audaz
Proto-Indo-European *wer-
Proto-Indo-European *wor-tús
Proto-Germanic *warduz
Proto-Germanic *Audawarduz
Proto-West Germanic *Audawardu
Old English Ēadweard
Middle English Edward
English Edward
Proto-Indo-European *-nós
Proto-Italic *-nos
Latin -nus
Latin -ānus
Latin -iānusbor.
English -ian
English Edwardian
From Edward + -ian.
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Germanic *audaz
Proto-Indo-European *wer-
Proto-Indo-European *wor-tús
Proto-Germanic *warduz
Proto-Germanic *Audawarduz
Proto-West Germanic *Audawardu
Old English Ēadweard
Middle English Edward
English Edward
Proto-Indo-European *-nós
Proto-Italic *-nos
Latin -nus
Latin -ānus
Latin -iānusbor.
English -ian
English Edwardian
From Edward + -ian.
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