substant

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
/ˈsʌb.stənt/|/ˈsʌb.stʌnt/    /ˈsʌb.stənt/|/ˈsʌb.stʌnt/|/ˈsɐb.stənt/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Something that subsists.
    — 1597, The substants of bodie and soule have nothinge commune with this spirituall mariage. (quoted in OED)
形容词 adj.
  1. Substantial; firm. rare
    — [The glacier's] substant ice curls freely, molds, and breaks itself like water, — breaks in waves, plastic like honey, crested lightly with a frozen spray; it winds tenderly about the rocky shore, and the granite, disintegrated into crumbs, flows on with it.

词形变化

substants plural more substant comparative most substant superlative

词源

词源 1
Learned borrowing from Latin substantis. First attested in 1597.
词源 2
Learned borrowing from Latin substantis. First attested in 1597.
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