essay

音标发音

• 英式音标 ['eseɪ‘esei]
• 美式音标 [ˈɛsˌe, ɛˈse]
• 国际音标 ['esei, e'sei]
• 英式发音
• 美式发音

基本解释

• n. 散文；试图；随笔
• vt. 尝试；对…做试验

词源解说

• 16世纪90年代进入英语，直接源自中古法语的essai，意为尝试，企图；最初源自古典拉丁语的exigere：ex (出） + agere (称量），意为权衡，称重。

词根记忆

• ess(存在) + (s)ay(说)→把想说的话用写的形式保存下来→散文
• 光说(say)不写非文章(essay)
• 散文(essay)看似很随意(easy)，其实不然

同根派生

• n性质的同根词

  essayist：随笔作家，散文家；评论家。

• essay相关词

英汉例句

用作名词 (n.)

• It's an essay heavy with surplus phrasing.
  这是篇废话连篇的散文。

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词组短语

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• understand the essay 理解那篇散文
• write an essay 写一篇文章

形容词+～

• literary essay 散文
• editorial essay 社论

介词+～

• reject from the essay 从这篇散文中剔除
• the title of the essay 随笔的标题

短语

• Essay Competition 征文比赛;征文角逐;征文逐鹿;征文竞赛
• essay test 论文测验

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英英字典

剑桥英英字典

• a short piece of writing on a particular subject, especially one done by students as part of the work for a course
• to try to do something

柯林斯英英字典

• An essay is a short piece of writing on a particular subject written by a student.
• An essay is a short piece of writing on a particular subject that is written by a writer for publication.

• essay剑桥字典
• essay柯林斯字典

专业释义

文学

• 散文

  The term of epistolaiy essay used in this article is point to the epistle whichapplied between peoples .
  本文中的书信体散文指文学史上那些行于个人之间的来往书信。

• 文章

  The essay is composed of five chapters.
  文章分为五个部分。

• 随笔

语言学

• 作文

  This essay tells how to choose adjectives, make thorough analysis of its rhetorical function so as to reverse prejudice, to make use of proper adjectives to improve and reinforce the effects of writing.
  本文选择从形容词入手,深入剖析形容词具有的修辞功能,以扭转偏见,并希望借由恰当使用形容词来增强作文表达效果。

• 短文
• 小品文

  Since Chinas reforming and opening to the outside world, new linguistics styles such as advertisement, fashion essay and new classical Chinese essay spring from Chinese.
  改革开放以来，在汉语里出现了广告、时尚小品文和新文言小品等新语体。

  历史学

• 笔记

  Various types of works with different styles spring up, and considerable "essay style" works emerge.
  各类著作层出不穷,其间涌现出许多笔记体著作。

  艺术学

• 随笔