【augment】在多语言下的意思、翻译、词源、用法、例句

英语(English)

词源(Etymology)

From Middle English augmenten, from Middle French augmenter, from Old French augmenter, from Late Latin augmentare (“to increase”), from Latin augmentum (“an increase, growth”), from augere (“to increase”).

发音(Pronunciation)

• Verb:
  • (UK) IPA^(key): /ɔːɡˈmɛnt/
  • (US) IPA^(key): /ɑɡˈmɛnt/

  • Audio (US)

  • Audio (AU)

  • Audio (UK)

  • Rhymes: -ɛnt
• Noun:
  • (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɔːɡmənt/
  • (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɑɡmənt/

  • Audio (UK)

• Hyphenation: aug‧ment

动词(Verb)

augment (third-person singular simple present augments, present participle augmenting, simple past and past participle augmented)

1. (transitive) To increase; to make larger or supplement.

   The money from renting out a spare room can augment a salary.

2. (intransitive, reflexive) To grow; to increase; to become greater.
3. (music) To slow the tempo or meter, e.g. for a dramatic or stately passage.
4. (music) To increase an interval, especially the largest interval in a triad, by a half step (chromatic semitone).
5. (grammar, transitive) To add an augment to.

翻译(Translations)

来源参考(References)

• John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “augment”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.

名词(Noun)

augment (plural augments)

1. (grammar) In some Indo-European languages, a prefix e- (a- in Sanskrit) indicating a past tense of a verb.

   The augment is found in Greek, Indo-Iranian, Armenian and Phrygian.

2. (grammar) In some Bantu languages, an additional vowel prepended to the noun prefix.
3. An increase.

衍生词(Derived terms)

• augmentless

关联词(Related terms)

翻译(Translations)

查看更多(Further reading)

• “augment” in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• “augment” in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• augment at OneLook Dictionary Search

变位词(Anagrams)

• mutagen, negatum

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Catalan

词源(Etymology)

Learned borrowing from Latin augmentum.

发音(Pronunciation)

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /əwˈment/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /əwˈmen/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /awˈment/

名词(Noun)

augment m (plural augments)

1. increase, rise, rising
2. (linguistics) augment
3. (optics) magnification

关联词(Related terms)

• augmentar
• augmentatiu

查看更多(Further reading)

• “augment” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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Dutch

词源(Etymology)

Borrowed from Latin augmentum or another European language.

发音(Pronunciation)

• IPA^(key): /ɑu̯xˈmɛnt/
• Hyphenation: aug‧ment
• Rhymes: -ɛnt

名词(Noun)

augment n (plural augmenten)

1. (Indo-European grammar) augment (prefix before a past-tense verb)

关联词(Related terms)

• augmentatie
• augmenteren

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French

词源(Etymology)

Borrowed from Latin augmentum.

发音(Pronunciation)

• IPA^(key): /oɡ.mɑ̃/

• Audio

名词(Noun)

augment m (plural augments)

1. (medieval law) part of the estates which the widow could inherit
   • Est aussi conclud et accordé qu'au lieu de douaire dont l'on a accoustumé d'user en France, ladite dame Elisabeth aura pour augment le dot dudit mariage selon l'usage des pais du roy d'Espagne, 166,666 escus d'or sol deux tiers. (marriage contract of the prince of Spain and Ms Elisabeth of France) note: this quote is in Middle French.
2. (grammar) augment

   L'augment syllabique consiste en l’addition d’une syllabe ; l'augment temporel, dans le changement d’une brève en longue.

关联词(Related terms)

• augmenter

查看更多(Further reading)

• “augment”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Polish

词源(Etymology)

Borrowed from Latin augmentum.

发音(Pronunciation)

• IPA^(key): /ˈaw.ɡmɛnt/
• Rhymes: -awɡmɛnt
• Syllabification: aug‧ment

名词(Noun)

augment m inan

1. (grammar) augment (a suffix in some Indo European languages indicating the past tense)

变化形式(Declension)

关联词(Related terms)

查看更多(Further reading)

• augment in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• augment in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Romanian

词源(Etymology)

From French augment or Latin augmentum.

名词(Noun)

augment n (plural augmente)

1. increase, growth, augmentation

变化形式(Declension)