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incunabula的意思

incunabula

英 [,nkj'nbjl] 美 [,nkj'nbjl]
  • n. 古版本;摇篮期(incunabulum的复数)

incunabula

英文词源


incunabula (n.)
"swaddling clothes," also, figuratively, "childhood, beginnings;" 1824, from Latin incunabula (neuter plural), ultimately from cunae "cradle," from PIE *koi-na-, from root *kei- "to lie; bed, couch."