consist
名词 n.
动词 v.
英 /ˈkɒn.sɪst/
英文释义
名词 n.
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A lineup or sequence of railroad carriages or cars, with or without a locomotive, that form a unit.
— The train's consist included a baggage car, four passenger cars, and a diner.
动词 v.
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To be.
— Why doe they cover with so many lets, one over another, those parts where chiefly consisteth [translating loge] our pleasure and theirs?
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To exist or be compatible.
— [Homer] allows their characters such estimable qualities as could consist, and in truth generally do, with tender frailties.
词汇关系
词源
词源 1
From Middle French consister, from Latin consistō (“stand together, stop, become hard or solid, agree with, continue, exist”), from com- (“together”) + sistō (“to cause to stand, stand”).
词源 2
From consist (verb).
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