fickle
英 ['fɪk(ə)l]
美 ['fɪkl]
助记提示
1. 谐音“飞客”----飞行的人、飞檐走壁的人，到处飞来飞去，当然是善变的、变幻莫测的。
2. 谐音“飞科”。
3. 谐音“匪客”---匪客、匪寇、土匪当然是善变的、靠不住的。
中文词源
fickle 反复无常的来自PIE*peig, 狡猾的，敌对的，坏心眼的，词源同foe, fiend. 引申词义反复无常的。
英文词源
- fickle (adj.)
- c. 1200, "false, treacherous, deceptive, deceitful, crafty" (obsolete), probably from Old English ficol "deceitful, cunning, tricky," related to befician "deceive," and to facen "deceit, treachery; blemish, fault." Common Germanic (compare Old Saxon fekan "deceit," Old High German feihhan "deceit, fraud, treachery"), from PIE *peig- (2) "evil-minded, treacherous, hostile" (see foe).
Sense of "changeable, inconstant, unstable" is from c. 1300 (especially of Fortune and women). Related: Fickleness. Fickly (c. 1300) is rare or obsolete. Also with a verb form in Middle English, fikelen "to deceive, flatter," later "to puzzle, perplex," which survived long enough in Northern dialects to get into Scott's novels. Fikel-tonge (late 14c.) was an allegorical or character name for "one who speaks falsehoods."
双语例句
- 1. Orta's weather can be fickle.
- 奥尔塔的天气变幻莫测。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. The weather here is notoriously fickle.
- 这里的天气出了名的变化无常。
来自《权威词典》
- 3. Fluctuating prices usually base on a fickle public's demand.
- 物价的波动往往是由于群众需求的不稳定而引起的.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- 4. The television world was a notoriously fickle one.
- 电视圈是出了名的变化无常.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 5. They have no use for fickle supporters.
- 他们不能容忍反覆无常的拥护者.
来自《简明英汉词典》