inertia

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ɪnˈɜː.ʃə/|/ɪˈnɜː.ʃə/    美 /ɪnˈɜː.ʃə/|/ɪˈnɜː.ʃə/|/ɪnˈɝ.ʃə/|/ɪˈnɝ.ʃə/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The property of a body that resists any change to its uniform motion; equivalent to its mass. countable,uncountable
  2. In a person, unwillingness to take action. countable,figuratively,uncountable
    — Men […] have immense irresolution and inertia.
  3. Lack of activity; sluggishness; said especially of the uterus, when, in labour, its contractions have nearly or wholly ceased. countable,uncountable

词形变化

inertias plural inertiae plural inertiæ plural

词汇关系

衍生词
bureaucratic inertia center of inertia centre of inertia entreprenertia inertial inertialess inertia selling inertia time inertia welding microinertia moment of inertia practico-inertia uterine inertia
相关词
inert inertness

词源

From Latin inertia (“lack of art or skill, inactivity, indolence”), from iners (“unskilled, inactive”), from in- (“without, not”) + ars (“skill, art”). Something close to the modern physics sense was first used in New Latin by Johannes Kepler.
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