| 释义 |
self-exˈplained, ppl. a.
[self- 2.]
Explained by itself, understood without specific explanation.
1725Pope Odyss. xix. 651 The vision self-explain'd. a1843Southey Comm.-Pl. Bk. Ser. ii. (1849) 209 The excellence of the German language is its independence; its compound words being like the Greek, self-explained.
So self-exˈplaining ppl. a., -exˈplanatory a.
1864Webster, *Self-explaining.
1898Philos. Mag. Ser. v. XLV. 73, I have drawn the diagrams for the various methods, which are nearly *self-explanatory. |
