Steve

名词 n. 专有名词
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Alternative form of STEVE (an atmospheric optical phenomenon, appearing as a ribbon of light in the sky) alt-of,alternative
专有名词
  1. A diminutive of the male given name Steven and Stephen; also used as a formal male given name.
    — His first name was probably Steve or Ed. No, there were no more Steves or Eds in New York. They were now Steven or Edward, whether they were gay or straight. If they had money, they didn't have a nickname. Everybody was into high seriousness, so that now even dogs were named Humphrey and Raphael.
  2. A diminutive of the female given name Stephanie.
    — Allison made a careful note of the address and within the hour she had met, decided she liked, and moved in with a girl of twenty who called herself Steve Wallace. "Don't call me Stephanie", Steve had said. "I don't know why it should, but being called Stephanie always makes me feel like something pale and dull out of Jane Austen."

词形变化

Steves plural Steves plural

词汇关系

衍生词
Stevenote Stevie Stevo Stony Stucky

词源

词源 1
Shortening of various names ultimately derived from Latin Stephanus m, from Ancient Greek Στέφανος m (Stéphanos) from στέφανος m (stéphanos, “crown, wreath”)
词源 2
See STEVE [from 2016]
The atmospheric phenomenon was named for a scene in the film Over the Hedge, in which something unknown (a hedge) is given the name Steve. In late 2016, the backronym "Strong Thermal Emission Velocity Enhancement" was adopted.
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