quixotic

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /kwɪkˈsɒtɪk/    美 /kwɪkˈsɑtɪk/|/kwɪɡˈzɑtɪk/|/kiːˈzɑtɪk/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A quixotic person or sentiment. rare
    — The cultural quixotics attribute the change to inscrutable "cultural factors," which is tantamount to abandoning altogether the search for explanation.
形容词 adj.
  1. Resembling or characteristic of the Spanish chivalric hero Don Quixote; possessed with or resulting from the desire to do noble and romantic deeds, without thought of realism and practicality.
    — Olivier, as you know, was quixotic, and would not permit a secret service and spies.
  2. Overly optimistic and moralistic.
  3. Exceedingly idealistic.
    — Call it a brain freeze, another 'Aleppo moment,' or a mere campaign stumble, but Gary Johnson has stumbled again in his quixotic presidential campaign.

词形变化

more quixotic comparative most quixotic superlative Don Quixotic alternative Don-Quixotic alternative Quixotic alternative quixotics plural Don Quixotic alternative Don-Quixotic alternative Quixotic alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
quixotically unquixotic
相关词
quixotism quixotry

词源

词源 1
Derived from Spanish Quixote, the surname of Don Quixote, the title character in the novel by Miguel de Cervantes, + -ic.
词源 2
Derived from Spanish Quixote, the surname of Don Quixote, the title character in the novel by Miguel de Cervantes, + -ic.
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