1660s, "subservient, subordinate," from Latin ancillaris "relating to maidservants," from ancilla "handmaid," fem. diminutive of anculus "servant," literally "he who bustles about," from root of ambi- "about" (see ambi-) + PIE *kwol-o-, from root *kwel- (1) "move round, turn about, be much about" (see cycle (n.)).
雙語例句
1. Scientific development meant the growth of numerous professions ancillary to medicine.
科技發(fā)展意味著許多醫(yī)學(xué)衍生職業(yè)的增長。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Ancillary charges are at least $30 per day.
附加收費每天至少30美元。
來自柯林斯例句
3. The transport corps is ancillary to the infantry.
運輸隊是步兵的輔助部隊.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
4. Does it provide ancillary information , or is it the main attraction itself?
它是提供輔助信息的, 還是本身只是一個吸引人的擺設(shè)?
來自About Face 3交互設(shè)計精髓
5. The ancillary systems of plasma ignition are also involved in this paper.