appurtenant

英 [ə'pɜːt(ɪ)nənt] 美[ə'pɝtənənt]
  • adj. 从属的;附属的
  • n. 附属物(等于appurtenance)
近义词 annex

英英释义


1. relating to something that is added but is not essential;
"an ancillary pump"
"an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism"
"The mind and emotions are auxilliary to each other"

英文词源


appurtenant (adj.)
late 14c., from Anglo-French apurtenant, Old French apartenant, present participle of apartenir "be related to" (see appurtenance).