n

释义

• n. 英语字母的第十四个字母

词源

N

in nickname, newt, and British dialectal naunt, the -n- belongs to a preceding indefinite article an or possessive pronoun mine. Other examples of this from Middle English manuscripts include a neilond ("an island," early 13c.), a narawe ("an arrow," c. 1400), a nox ("an ox," c. 1400), a noke ("an oak," early 15c.), a nappyle ("an apple," early 15c.), a negge ("an egg," 15c.). In 16c., an idiot sometimes became a nidiot, which, with still-common casual pronunciation, became nidget, which, alas, has not survived. The process also worked in surnames, from oblique cases of Old English at "by, near," as in Nock/Nokes/Noaks from atten Oke "by the oak;" Nye from atten ye "near the lowland;" and see Nashville. But it is more common for an English word to lose an -n- to a preceding a: apron, auger, adder, umpire, humble pie, etc. The mathematical use of n for "an indefinite number" is first recorded 1852, in to the nth power.

例句

• 1. " N " is a syllabic consonant in " button " . 在 button 这个词里n是 构成音节的辅音.
• 2. M is twice as large as N. M等于N的两倍.
• 3. Ayer started N. W. Ayer & Son in 1869, naming the firm for his father. 艾尔在1869年成立了N.W.艾尔父子公司，公司以他父亲的名字命名。
• 4. The N pole and S pole of two magnets will attract each other. 两个磁体的N极和S极互相吸引.
• 5. Rock'n'roll has become so commercialised and safe since punk. 摇滚乐自从朋克乐以后就已经过于商业化而缺乏新意了。