contretemps

英式音标：['kɒntrətɒ̃]

美式音标：[ˈkɑntrəˌtɑŋ, ˌkɔŋtrəˈtɑŋ]

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概况：

n. （法）意外事故；窘困之事

词义：

n.

意外事故，不合适宜，令人尴尬的事；

变形

复数：contretemps

英英释义

contretemps[ kuŋtrə'tɔŋ ]

n.an awkward clash

"he tried to smooth over his contretemps with the policeman"

用法：

权威例句

Contretemps

Contretemps

Contretemps

Les contretemps de l'aventure européenne

Accordages et Contretemps: Harmonies entre mère et bébé

L'histoire À Contretemps le Temps Historique Chez Walter Benjamin

Dialogue islamo-chrétien à temps et contretemps

Max Stirner and Karl Marx: An Overlooked Contretemps

Max Stirner and Karl Marx: An Overlooked Contretemps

La révision du 23 juillet 2008, temps et contretemps

L'histoire à contretemps. Le temps historique chez Walter Benjamin, coll. « Passages »

Harmonies entre mère et bébé: Accordage et contretemps

The O'Connell-Stevenson Contretemps: A Reflection of the Anglo-American Slavery Issue.

同义词：fortuity,casualty

英语词源：

contretemps (n.)

1680s, "a blunder in fencing," from French contre-temps "motion out of time, unfortunate accident, bad times;" from Latin contra + tempus (see temporal). As a ballet term, from 1706; as "an unfortunate accident," 1802; as "a dispute," from 1961.

造句：

1. Place your baby in her seat and play her a lullaby.

把宝宝放到座位上，给她弹一首摇篮曲。

来自柯林斯例句

2. She gently crooned a lullaby.

她轻声哼唱了一支摇篮曲。

来自《权威词典》

3. The mother was crooning a lullaby to her baby.

母亲正对着婴儿哼着摇篮曲.

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

4. The mother sang her baby a lullaby.

妈妈给孩子唱了一支催眠曲.

来自《简明英汉词典》

5. The lullaby had the baby into the Land of Nod in half an hour.

催眠曲一下子就把小孩子送入了梦乡.

来自《简明英汉词典》

[ lullaby 造句 ]