eureka

名词 n. 感叹词 intj.
/jəˈɹiː.kə/    /jʊˈɹiː.kə/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Synonym of constantan (“copper-nickel alloy”). uncountable
感叹词 intj.
  1. An exclamation indicating a sudden discovery.
    — Eureka! I have found it! What I mean / To say is, not that love is idleness, / But that in love such idleness has been / An accessory, as I have cause to guess.

词形变化

eureka! canonical

词源

词源 1
From Ancient Greek εὕρηκα (heúrēka, “I have found”), perfect active indicative first person singular of εὑρίσκω (heurískō, “to find”). Archimedes supposedly exclaimed this when he figured out how to determine the density of an object. First use appears c. 1603 in a text by Philemon Holland.
词源 2
From Ancient Greek εὕρηκα (heúrēka, “I have found”), perfect active indicative first person singular of εὑρίσκω (heurískō, “to find”). Archimedes supposedly exclaimed this when he figured out how to determine the density of an object. First use appears c. 1603 in a text by Philemon Holland.
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