英语词汇semi-demi-的发音释义、词根词缀、结构分析、同源词、词频及词根记忆法-英语词根词缀词典

semi-demi-used (1) = half-half, i.e. quarter, in semidemisemiquaver, a note the 64th part of a semibreve; (2) vaguely in a diminutive sense, as semi-demi-dinner. (Cf. demi-semi.)a1661Fuller Worthies (1662) ii. 246 [Rabbits'] wool is..used in making of hats, commonly..called half⁓beavers, though many of them hardly amount to the proportion of semi-demi-castors.1826J. F. Danneley Mus. Gram. 4 The Semidemisemiquaver has four hooks.1836T. Hook G. Gurney (1850) III. iii. 351 She..at last appeared to expect me at luncheon as regularly as she looked for that semi-demi-dinner itself.1876Stainer & Barrett Dict. Mus. Terms, Semidemisemiquaver, a half demisemiquaver, the 64th part of a semibreve.

semi-demi-

word-forming element meaning "sixty-fourth part," 1660s; see semi- + demi-.

semi-demi- /ˈsɛmɪdɛmi/ prefix. As adjective also semi-demi. M17.

ORIGIN: from semi- + demi-.

Half-half-, quarter-. Freq. derog., insignificant, inadequate. Cf. demi-semi-.

词汇	semi-demi-
词根词缀	OED Online Etymology Dictionary SOED semi-demi-used (1) = half-half, i.e. quarter, in semidemisemiquaver, a note the 64th part of a semibreve; (2) vaguely in a diminutive sense, as *semi-demi-dinner. (Cf. demi-semi.)a1661Fuller Worthies* (1662) ii. 246 [Rabbits'] wool is..used in making of hats, commonly..called half⁓beavers, though many of them hardly amount to the proportion of semi-demi-castors.1826J. F. Danneley Mus. Gram. 4 The Semidemisemiquaver has four hooks.1836T. Hook G. Gurney (1850) III. iii. 351 She..at last appeared to expect me at luncheon as regularly as she looked for that semi-demi-dinner itself.1876Stainer & Barrett Dict. Mus. Terms, Semidemisemiquaver, a half demisemiquaver, the 64th part of a semibreve. semi-demi- word-forming element meaning "sixty-fourth part," 1660s; see semi- + demi-. semi-demi- /ˈsɛmɪdɛmi/ prefix. As adjective also semi-demi. M17. ORIGIN: from semi- + demi-. Half-half-, quarter-. Freq. derog., insignificant, inadequate. Cf. demi-semi-.
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