Barbara

专有名词
中文释义
英 /ˈbɑːb(ə)ɹə/    美 /ˈbɑɹb(ə)ɹə/

英文释义

专有名词
  1. A female given name from Latin.
    — My mother had a maid call'd Barbara; / She was in love, and he she lov'd prov'd mad / And did forsake her; […]
  2. A syllogism in which all three propositions are of the form "All X are Y" or "X is a Y".
    — If you see a girl you like, prove it to her by Barbara and Celarent all the way to Fresison or whatever the logician's Omega is — I forget.

词形变化

Barbaras plural Barbra alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
herb Barbara Santa Barbara shelled slug

词源

* From Latin Barbara, the name of Saint Barbara, feminine form of barbarus, from Ancient Greek βάρβαρος (bárbaros, “strange, foreign”). Doublet of Varvara.
* (logic): From the given name; chosen because it has three A's in it representing universal affirmatives.
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