词汇 | a |
词源 | Afirst letter of the Roman alphabet, based on Greek alpha (see alpha). In music from c. 1600 as the name of the sixth note of the natural scale; it is the note given by a fixed-tone instrument (usually oboe or organ) to which all the instruments of an orchestra are tuned. As a blood type, 1926, denoting A agglutinogens. The A side of a two-sided record (by 1962, see side (n.)) held the material chosen for promotion. A-bomb, short for atom bomb, was in newspaper headlines by Aug. 8, 1945. a indefinite article, the form of an used before consonants, mid-12c., a weakened form of Old English an " It also is used before nouns of singular number and a few plural nouns when few or great many is interposed. a as in twice a day, etc., a reduced form of Old English an " updated on September 11, 2022 |
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