🔍 牛津詞典
🔍 朗文詞典
🔍 劍橋詞典
🔍 柯林斯詞典
🔍 麥美倫詞典
🔍 韋氏詞典 🎯

檢索以下詞典:
(Mr. Ng 不推薦使用 Google 翻譯!)
最近搜尋:
BNC: 19237 COCA: 13167

arcane

1 ENTRIES FOUND:
arcane /ɑɚˈkeɪn/ adjective
arcane
/ɑɚˈkeɪn/
adjective
Learner's definition of ARCANE
[more arcane; most arcane]
: secret or mysterious : known or understood by only a few people秘密的;神秘的;晦涩难解的
BNC: 19237 COCA: 13167

arcane

adjective

ar·​cane är-ˈkān How to pronounce arcane (audio)
: known or knowable only to a few people : secret
arcane rites
an arcane ritual
broadly : mysterious, obscure
arcane explanations
arcane technical details

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web The savings and enhancements offered to consumers were so compelling, and the existing rules so arcane, that enforcement was limited, and regulations eventually bent to innovation and consumer choice. Jay Clayton, WSJ, 25 Aug. 2022 Shoehorn an arcane regulatory power around interstate shipping to force the lowering of drug prices. Felipe De La Hoz, The New Republic, 22 Aug. 2022 Somebody covering pop culture is going to be getting far more visits to their stories, probably, than somebody covering some arcane energy policy. San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Aug. 2022 Bankman-Fried’s lobbying efforts focus on two arcane but significant regulatory changes. Freddy Brewster, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2022 Younger readers living in the name, image and likeness era, who will see a torrent of advertising featuring Olympic athletes as the 2024 Paris games draw nearer, may find Maraniss' detailed reporting of amateurism issues arcane, even bizarre. Jim Higgins, Journal Sentinel, 4 Aug. 2022 The Electoral Count Act of 1887 governs the counting and certification of electoral votes in presidential elections and has long been criticized as arcane, vaguely written and vulnerable to abuse. Mary Clare Jalonick, ajc, 3 Aug. 2022 In fact, the clouds to rain equation has become well known to many of us, even if we were not versed in the more arcane and abstruse aspects of weather forecasting. Martin Weil, Washington Post, 17 July 2022 The fate of giant sequoias is almost entirely in the hands of a few middle managers, working at a few select parks, who navigate arcane environmental laws and a financing system cobbled together with public grants. Kyle Dickman, Outside Online, 13 July 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Latin arcanus

First Known Use

1547, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of arcane was in 1547
BNC: 19237 COCA: 13167

👨🏻‍🏫 Mr. Ng 韋氏詞典 📚 – mw.mister5️⃣.net
切換為繁體中文
Site Uptime