public

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈpʌblɪk/    美 /ˈpʌblɪk/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An internet publication. neologism
    — Russian publics report that the fighters of the Wagner group have already practically taken possession of Soledar, there are fights on the outskirts, where the Vushniks are trying to fight back in the salt mines.
  2. Chiefly preceded by the: members of the community or the people in general, regardless of membership of any particular group. countable,uncountable
    — Members of the public may not proceed beyond this point.
    The New Arcadia
  3. Preceded by a possessive determiner such as my, your, or their: a group of people who support a particular person, especially a performer, a writer, etc.; an audience, a following. countable,uncountable
    — By dint of drinking acid tiff, as above mentioned, and smoking segars, in which I am no novice, my Public are to be informed, that I gradually drank and smoked myself into a certain degree of acquaintance with un homme comme il faut [a decent man], one of the few fine old specimens of nobility who are still to be found in France; […]
  4. Ellipsis of public house or (dated) public bar (“an inn, a pub: the more basic bar in a public house, as contrasted with the lounge bar or saloon bar which has more comfortable seats, personalized service, etc.”). abbreviation,alt-of,countable,ellipsis,informal
    — [T]hese inconsiderate lads will be out of the house, and away to the publicks, wasting their precious time, and, it may be, missing the morning tide.
  5. Often preceded by the and a qualifying word: a particular demographic or group of people, or segment of the population, sharing some common characteristic. countable,uncountable
    — the cinema-going public
  6. Often preceded by the and a qualifying word: a particular demographic or group of people, or segment of the population, sharing some common characteristic.; A group of people sharing some common cultural, political, or social interest, but not necessarily having any interactions with each other. countable,uncountable
  7. Chiefly preceded by the: a collective body of a politically organized nation or state; a body politic, a nation, a state; also, the interest or well-being of such a collective body; the common good. countable,obsolete,uncountable
  8. At Harvard University: a penalty imposed on a student involving a grade reduction which is communicated to the student's parents or guardian. US,countable,obsolete,uncountable
  9. Chiefly in in public: the presence of spectators or people generally; the open. uncountable
    — Come follovv vs, / VVe are to ſpeake in publique: for this buſineſſe / VVill raiſe vs all.
动词 v.
  1. To make (something) openly or widely known; to publicize, to publish. archaic,transitive
    — [H]e is such a barefooted rubber with my supersocks pulled over his face which I publicked in my bestback garden for the laetification of siderodromites and to the irony of the stars.
形容词 adj.
  1. Able to be known or seen by everyone; happening without concealment; open to general view.
    — VVith ſcoffes and ſcornes, and contumelious taunts, / In open Market-place produc't they me, / To be a publique ſpectacle to all: / Here, ſayd they, is the Terror of the French, / The Scar-Crovv that affrights our Children ſo.
  2. Open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it; especially, provided by national or local authorities and supported by money from taxes.
    — public library    public park
  3. Open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it; especially, provided by national or local authorities and supported by money from taxes.; Of a company: having shares of stock traded publicly, for example, through a stock market.
  4. Pertaining to the people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people; concerning the whole community or country.
    — [S]tanding publick Records have been kept of theſe vvell atteſted Relations, and Epocha’s made of thoſe unvvonted events.
  5. Officially representing the community; carried out or funded by the government or state on behalf of the community, rather than by a private organization.
    — public housing    public officer    public prosecutor    public servant
  6. Pertaining to a person in the capacity in which they deal with other people on a formal or official basis, as opposed to a personal or private capacity; official, professional.
    — public face    public image
  7. Of an object: accessible to the program in general, not only to a class or subclass. broadly,not-comparable
  8. Pertaining to nations collectively, or to nations regarded as civilized; international, supernational. archaic
    — […] Nicodemus had not affirmed him [Jesus] to be a prophete, but ſayde: whoſoeuer he be, he ought not after our common, or rather publike law, (that is to ſaye, a lawe which indifferently perteyneth to all men of euery ſtate) to be condemned, except his cauſe be knowen before.
  9. Now chiefly in public spirit and public-spirited: seeking to further the best interests or well-being of the community or nation. archaic
    — [T]he ſaid [Joseph] Palumbo vvas reſtrain'd to Saint Lorenzo; but being a popular man, and one knovvn to be a good Patriot, and of a publick ſoul, and a perſon of integrity; there vvere four thouſand of the beſt armed men joyn'd together, to vindicate and free the ſaid Palumbo, […]
  10. Now only in public figure: famous, prominent, well-known. archaic
    — I VVas not ſo publick here, as to be very vvell knovvn, at leaſt by any one that had Knovvledge of me in the Country vvhere I liv'd; and this vvas indeed my ſafety aftervvard, as you vvill ſoon hear; […]
  11. In some older universities in the United Kingdom: open or pertaining to the whole university, as opposed to a constituent college or an individual staff member or student. UK,historical
    — I meruailled, why himſelf [Niccolò Leoniceno] did not practiſe Phiſike of whiche facultee he was a Doctour, and a publique reader: I auaile moche more, ſaieth he, in that I teach all thother Phiſiciãs [physicians].
  12. Of or pertaining to the human race as a whole; common, universal. obsolete
    — In Iron Clouds conceal'd the Publick Light: / And Impious Mortals fear'd Eternal Night.
  13. Chiefly in make public: of a work: printed or otherwise published. obsolete
    — The firſt of his [Hernán Cortés's] diſpatches has never been made public. It vvas ſent from Vera-Cruz, July 16th, 1519.

词形变化

more public comparative most public superlative publick alternative publicke alternative publike alternative publique alternative publics plural publick alternative publicke alternative publike alternative publique alternative publics present,singular,third-person publicking participle,present publicked participle,past publicked past publics plural

词汇关系

反义词
nonpublic private unpublic
衍生词
AKPM certified public accountant counterpublic go public initial public offering in public make a public spectacle of oneself nobody ever went broke underestimating the good taste of the American public nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public nonpublic non-public no one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public no one ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public notary public online public access catalog overpublic parapublic prepublic pubcaster pubcasting public access public access television public address system public administration publical publically publican public art public assistance public authorities public authority public body public bookcase public charge public comment public convenience public credit public curiosity public debt public defender public diplomacy public display of affection public domain public domainness public enemy public enemy number one public eye public figure public finance public Friend public funds public good public health public health funeral Public Health System public hearing public-hearted public historian public history public holiday public hotel public-house public house public housing public image public indecency public information officer public intellectual public interest public international law public intoxication public Ivy publicization public key public key certificate public-key cryptography public key cryptography public knowledge public law public leaning post public library public licence public license public life public limited company public limited liability company publicly publicly held public-minded publicness public object objectum public offering public office public officer public opinion public orator public ownership public place public policy public pretender public-private partnership public private partnership public property public prosecutor public purse public record public relations public-relations public rhetoric public safety announcement public-school public school public-sector public sector public security public servant public service public service announcement public space public speaker public speaking public spending public sphere pedagogy public spirit public-spirited public square public telephone public television public toilet public transit public transport public transportation public trust public trustee public utility public utility bus public utility jeepney public utility van public utility vehicle public walk public woman public works quasipublic semipublic unpublic weal-public antipublic attentive public general public Joe Public John Q. Public member of the public
相关词
people population pub publican publication publicise publicize publicist publicity publish republic

词源

词源 1
The adjective and noun are derived from Late Middle English publik, publike (“(adjective) generally observable, public; relating to the general public or public affairs; (noun) a generally observable place or situation”), from Anglo-Norman public, publik, publique, Middle French public, publique, and Old French public (“(adjective) generally observable, public; relating to the general public; official; (noun) community or its members collectively; nation, state; audience, spectators collectively”) (modern French public, publique (obsolete)); and from their etymon Latin pūblicus (“of or belonging to the community, people, or state; general, public”), an alteration of poplicus (influenced by pūbēs (“adult men; male population”)), from poplus (“community; the people, public; nation, state”) (later populus; from Proto-Italic *poplos (“army”); further origin uncertain, possibly from Etruscan or from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- (“to fill”)) + -icus (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’). Related to people, populus, etc.
The Middle English word displaced native Old English ceorlfolc and folclic.
The verb is derived from the adjective.
词源 2
Semantic loan from Russian па́блик (páblik) and Ukrainian па́блік (páblik, “public webpage on a blog or on social media”), both borrowed from English public: see etymology 1.
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