magnet

名词 n.
/ˈmæɡ.nɪt/|/ˈmæɡ.nət/    /ˈmæɡ.nɪt/|/ˈmæɡ.nət/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A piece of material that attracts some metals by magnetism.
  2. An alluring or attractive person or thing. figuratively,in-compounds,informal,often
    — He always had a girl on his arm – he's a bit of a babe magnet.
  3. Ellipsis of magnet link. Internet,abbreviation,alt-of,ellipsis
    — Magnets are thus used to create a package of cryptologic information and bundling^([sic]) it together.

词形变化

magnets plural

词源

Etymology tree
Old French magnetebor.
Pre-Greekbor.?
Ancient Greek Μάγνης (Mágnēs)
Ancient Greek μᾰ́γνης (mắgnēs)bor.
Latin magnēsbor.
Middle English magnete
English magnet
From Middle English magnete, via Old French magnete, Latin magnēs, magnētem (“lodestone”), from Ancient Greek μαγνῆτις [λίθος] (magnêtis [líthos], “Magnesian [stone]”), either after the Lydian city Magnesia ad Sipylum (modern-day Manisa, Turkey), or after the Greek region of Μαγνησία (Magnēsía) (whence came the colonists who founded the city in Lydia). Related to manganese, magnesia and magnesium.
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