Y
英 [wai]
美
- n. 英語字母中的第二十五個字母（小寫為y）
- abbr. 釔（yttrium）
基本詞匯
英文詞源
- Y
- a late-developing letter in English. Called ipsilon in German, upsilon in Greek, the English name is of obscure origin. The sound at the beginning of yard, yes, yield, etc. is from Old English words with initial g- as in got and y- as in yet, which were considered the same sound and often transcribed as ?, known as yogh. The system was altered by French scribes, who brought over the continental use of -g- and from the early 1200s used -y- and sometimes -gh- to replace ?. As short for YMCA, etc., by 1915.
雙語例句
- 1. Let x equal 5 and y equal 3.
- 設(shè)x等于5，y等于3。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The possible permutations of x, y and z are xyz, xzy, yxz, yzx, zxy and zyx.
- x、y和z的可能的組合方式為xyz、xzy、yxz、yzx、zxy和zyx。
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
- 3. a pair of Y-fronts
- 一條前縫呈倒Y形的男內(nèi)褲
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
- 4. Y is the penultimate letter of the alphabet.
- Y是字母表中倒數(shù)第二個字母.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. Let x be the equal of y.
- 設(shè)x等于y.
來自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》