fickle

英 ['fɪk(ə)l]美 ['fɪkl]
  • adj. 浮躁的；易变的；变幻无常的
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助记提示

1. 谐音“飞客”----飞行的人、飞檐走壁的人，到处飞来飞去，当然是善变的、变幻莫测的。
2. 谐音“飞科”。
3. 谐音“匪客”---匪客、匪寇、土匪当然是善变的、靠不住的。

中文词源

fickle 反复无常的

来自PIE*peig, 狡猾的，敌对的，坏心眼的，词源同foe, fiend. 引申词义反复无常的。

英文词源

fickle (adj.)
c. 1200, "false, treacherous, deceptive, deceitful, crafty" (obsolete), probably from Old English ficol "deceitful, cunning, tricky," related to befician "deceive," and to facen "deceit, treachery; blemish, fault." Common Germanic (compare Old Saxon fekan "deceit," Old High German feihhan "deceit, fraud, treachery"), from PIE *peig- (2) "evil-minded, treacherous, hostile" (see foe).

Sense of "changeable, inconstant, unstable" is from c. 1300 (especially of Fortune and women). Related: Fickleness. Fickly (c. 1300) is rare or obsolete. Also with a verb form in Middle English, fikelen "to deceive, flatter," later "to puzzle, perplex," which survived long enough in Northern dialects to get into Scott's novels. Fikel-tonge (late 14c.) was an allegorical or character name for "one who speaks falsehoods."

双语例句

1. Orta's weather can be fickle.
奥尔塔的天气变幻莫测。
来自柯林斯例句
2. The weather here is notoriously fickle.
这里的天气出了名的变化无常。
来自《权威词典》
3. Fluctuating prices usually base on a fickle public's demand.
物价的波动往往是由于群众需求的不稳定而引起的.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
4. The television world was a notoriously fickle one.
电视圈是出了名的变化无常.
来自《简明英汉词典》
5. They have no use for fickle supporters.
他们不能容忍反覆无常的拥护者.
来自《简明英汉词典》