Prosaic



GRE 蓝宝 Barron

解释

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• adj. 单调的, 无趣的
• ［英］ adj. 单调的, 无趣的 ( dull, unimaginative)
• ［记］ 来自prose ( 散文) +aic -> 散文一般的 -> 单调的

Webster Collegiate

adjective

• Etymology: Late Latin prosaicus, from Latin prosa prose
• Date: circa 1656
• 1.
  • a. characteristic of prose as distinguished from poetry ; factual
  • b. dull, unimaginative <prosaic advice>
• 2. everyday, ordinary <heroic characters wasted in prosaic lives — Kirkus Reviews>
• ? prosaically adverb

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