mundane

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 [mɐnˈdeɪn]|[mʌnˈdɛjn]    美 [mʌnˈdeɪn]|[mɐnˈdæɪn]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An unremarkable, ordinary human being.
  2. A person considered to be "normal", part of the mainstream culture, outside the subculture, not part of the elite group. derogatory,slang
    — THE LIVERPOOL PARTY at Pat and Frank Milnes’ celebrated both the Gunpowder Plot and the Liverpool Club’s 400th and something meeting. Two mundane and non-fan friends of the hosts - women, too - played brag all night and Norman Weedall disappeared at 3 a.m.
  3. A person who is not a Satanist. derogatory
  4. The world outside fandom; the normal, mainstream world. slang
    — Long famed in fandom, Mr. Bloch skyrocketed to prominence in the mundane when his autobiographical novel, PSYCHO, was made into a hit motion picture.
形容词 adj.
  1. Worldly, earthly, profane, vulgar as opposed to heavenly.
  2. Pertaining to the Universe, cosmos or physical reality, as opposed to the spiritual world.
    — Amongst mundane bodies, six there are that do perpetually move, and they are the six Planets; of the rest, that is, of the Earth, Sun, and fixed Stars, it is disputable which of them moveth, and which stands still.
  3. Ordinary; not new.
  4. Tedious; repetitive and boring.

词形变化

mundaner comparative mundanest superlative mundanes plural

词汇关系

近义词
mainstreamer banausic mundane
反义词
athlete empath genius intellectual mad scientist magician maverick medium oracle polymath prodigy psychic strange person superhuman
上位词
person standard thing
下位词
average Joe layperson muggle plebe prole
衍生词
antemundane circummundane extramundane inframundane intermundane intramundane mundania mundanism mundie nonmundane submundane supermundane supramundane transmundane ultramundane unmundane mundanely mundaneness mundanity
相关词
mundane on Wikipedia. Article on the use of as a derogatory term.
并列词
mainstreamer

词源

词源 1
From Middle English mondeyne, from Old French mondain, from Late Latin mundānus, from Latin mundus (“world”). Compare Danish mondæn.
(ordinary): Compare typologically Russian несусве́тный (nesusvétnyj) (<~ не- (ne-) + (rare) сусве́тный (susvétnyj) < свет (svet)).
词源 2
From Middle English mondeyne, from Old French mondain, from Late Latin mundānus, from Latin mundus (“world”). Compare Danish mondæn.
(ordinary): Compare typologically Russian несусве́тный (nesusvétnyj) (<~ не- (ne-) + (rare) сусве́тный (susvétnyj) < свет (svet)).
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