nuance
英['nju?ɑ?ns]
美
- n. 細微差別
助記提示
nuance(細微差別)有一盎司
諧音“留一盎司”----留下一盎司的差別。
2. 諧音“六盎司”-------只有六盎司的差別。
中文詞源
nuance 細微差別
來自法語nuance,細微差別，云影，來自拉丁語nubes,云朵，水氣，詞源同nebula,nimbus.
引申詞義云彩的陰影，云影的細微差別。
英文詞源
- nuance (n.)
- 1781, from French nuance "slight difference, shade of color" (17c.), from nuer "to shade," from nue "cloud," from Gallo-Roman *nuba, from Latin nubes "a cloud, mist, vapor," from PIE *sneudh- "fog" (cognates: Avestan snaoda "clouds," Latin obnubere "to veil," Welsh nudd "fog," Greek nython, in Hesychius "dark, dusky"). According to Klein, a reference to "the different colors of the clouds."
- nuance (v.)
- 1886, from nuance (n.). Related: Nuanced.
雙語例句
- 1. He watched her face intently to catch every nuance of expression.
- 他認真地注視著她的臉，捕捉每一絲細微的表情變化。
來自《權威詞典》
- 2. We can use our eyes and facial expressions to communicate virtually every subtle nuance of emotion there is.
- 我們用眼睛和面部表情幾乎就能傳達出情感上的每一絲微妙變化。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. These users will easily learn each nuance of the applications they use.
- 這些用戶會很快了解他們所使用程序的每一細微差別.
來自About Face 3交互設計精髓
- 4. I wish I hadn't become so conscious of every little nuance.
- 我希望我不要變得這樣去思索一切瑣碎之事.
來自辭典例句
- 5. With the slightest perceptible nuance he opened the way for bribery.
- 他以最不易察覺的手段試圖進行賄賂.
來自辭典例句