cordiality

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /kɔːɹˈd͡ʒæl.ɪ.tiː/|/-d͡ʒiːˈæl-/|/-diːˈæl-/    美 /koɹˈd͡ʒæl.ɪ.ti/|/-d͡ʒiˈæl-/|/-diˈæl-/|/koːɹˈd͡ʒæl.ɪ.tiː/|/-d͡ʒiːˈæl-/|/-diːˈæl-/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The quality of being cordial. uncountable
    — Upon my entrance, Usher rose from a sofa on which he had been lying at full length, and greeted me with a vivacious warmth which had much in it, I at first thought, of an overdone cordiality—of the constrained effort of the ennuyé man of the world.
  2. A friendly utterance. countable
    — to exchange cordialities with people

词形变化

cordialities plural cordialness alternative

词汇关系

近义词
affability amiability friendliness warmth
衍生词
uncordiality
相关词
cordially

词源

Etymology tree
English cordial
Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-ts
Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts
Latin -itāsder.
Old French -itebor.
Middle English -ite
English -ity
English cordiality
From cordial + -ity.
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