aorist
英 ['eɪərɪst; 'eər-]
美['eərɪst]
- n. 不定过去时
- adj. 不定过去时的
英英释义
- 1. a verb tense in some languages (classical Greek and Sanskrit) expressing action (especially past action) without indicating its completion or continuation
英文词源
- aorist (n.)
- 1580s, the simple past tense of Greek verbs, from Greek aoristos (khronos) "indefinite (tense)," from privative prefix a- "not" (see a- (3)) + horistos "limited, defined," verbal adjective from horizein "to limit, define," from horos "boundary, limit, border" (see horizon).