essay
essay 英 [ˈeseɪ] 美 [ˈɛsˌe, ɛˈse]
n. 短文，随笔
进行时:essaying 过去式:essayed 过去分词:essayed 第三人称单数:essays 名词复数:essays
- A composition that is usually short and has a literary theme is called an essay. You should probably start writing your essay on "To Kill a Mockingbird" sometime before the bus ride to school the day it is due.
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- n. 短文，随笔
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1. an essay on the causes of the First World War
关于第一次世界大战起因的文章
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2. She got top marks for her essay.
她的论文得了最高分。
- essay (n.) 1590s, "trial, attempt, endeavor," also "short, discursive literary composition" (first attested in writings of Francis Bacon, probably in imitation of Montaigne), from Middle French essai "trial, attempt, essay" (in Old French from 12c.), from Late Latin exagium "a weighing, a weight," from Latin exigere "drive out; require, exact; examine, try, test," from ex "out" (see ex-) + agere "to set in motion, drive" (from PIE root *ag- "to drive, draw out or forth, move") apparently meaning here "to weigh." The suggestion is of unpolished writing. Compare assay, also examine.
- essay (v.) "to put to proof, test the mettle of," late 15c., from Middle French essaier, from essai "trial, attempt" (see essay (n.)). This sense has mostly gone with the divergent spelling assay. Meaning "to attempt" is from 1640s. Related: Essayed; essaying.
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