percipient

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /pəˈsɪp.i.ənt/    美 /pɚˈsɪp.i.ənt/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. One who perceives something.
    — As anatomy, physiology and, later, psychology have developed into more or less well-organized sciences, they have necessarily and rightly come to incorporate the study of, among other things, the structures, mechanisms, and functionings of animal and human bodies qua percipient.
  2. One who has perceived a paranormal event.
    — In the course of investigating the haunting, I interviewed several percipients.
形容词 adj.
  1. Having the ability to perceive, especially to perceive quickly.
    — Fasting, yet not of want Percipient, he on that mysterious steed Had reach’d his resting-place, For expectation kept his nature up.
  2. Perceiving events only in the moment, without reflection, like a very young child. dated

词形变化

more percipient comparative most percipient superlative percipients plural

词汇关系

衍生词
impercipient omnipercipient percipiency percipiently unpercipient
相关词
perceive perceptive perceptor

词源

词源 1
From Latin percipiēns, present participle of percipiō (“to perceive”).
词源 2
From Latin percipiēns, present participle of percipiō (“to perceive”).
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