adventitious in Chinese
adventitious in Chinese is 助动词 — adventitious means coming from outside, rather than being a natural part of something.
adventitious in Chinese
助动词
Pronounced: zhù dòng cí
What does "adventitious" mean?
- adj Coming from outside, rather than being a natural part of something.
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adj Happening by chance, and added on rather than planned.
"The adventitious disappearance of those nearer the throne than the duke had, moreover, set tongues awagging."
- adj Gained later in life, rather than present from birth.
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adj (biology) Growing in an unexpected place, or coming from an unusual source.
"The Velloziaceae have evolved a woody stem which is covered with a layer of adventitious roots mingled with the fibres of the old leaf sheaths;"
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adventitious in a sentence
- The adventitious disappearance of those nearer the throne than the duke had, moreover, set tongues awagging.
- The Velloziaceae have evolved a woody stem which is covered with a layer of adventitious roots mingled with the fibres of the old leaf sheaths;
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What is "adventitious" in Chinese?
"adventitious" in Chinese is 助动词. adventitious means: Coming from outside, rather than being a natural part of something.
How do you pronounce 助动词?
"adventitious" in Chinese is 助动词, pronounced "zhù dòng cí".
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