biography

名词 n. 动词 v.
/baɪˈɒɡɹəfi/    /baɪˈɑɡɹəfi/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A person's life story, especially one published. countable
    — There are many biographies of Benjamin Franklin.
  2. The art of writing this kind of story. uncountable
    — She is best known for biography and history, but she is also a novelist.
动词 v.
  1. To write a biography of. transitive

词形变化

biographies plural biographies present,singular,third-person biographying participle,present biographied participle,past biographied past

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der.
Ancient Greek βίος (bíos)
Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ-
Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō
Ancient Greek γρᾰ́φω (grắphō)
Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā)
Ancient Greek -η (-ē)
Ancient Greek γραφή (graphḗ)
Ancient Greek -γραφία (-graphía)
Ancient Greek βιογραφίᾱ (biographíā)der.
New Latin biographiabor.
English biography
Borrowed from New Latin biographia, from Ancient Greek βιογραφίᾱ (biographíā), from βίος (bíos, life) + -γραφία (-graphía, writing).
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der.
Ancient Greek βίος (bíos)
Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ-
Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō
Ancient Greek γρᾰ́φω (grắphō)
Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā)
Ancient Greek -η (-ē)
Ancient Greek γραφή (graphḗ)
Ancient Greek -γραφία (-graphía)
Ancient Greek βιογραφίᾱ (biographíā)der.
New Latin biographiabor.
English biography
Borrowed from New Latin biographia, from Ancient Greek βιογραφίᾱ (biographíā), from βίος (bíos, life) + -γραφία (-graphía, writing).
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