accidental

accidental
adjective
  1. happening by chance, unintentionally, or unexpectedly
    意外的;非故意的
    a verdict of accidental death.
    意外死亡裁决。
    the damage might have been accidental.
    损害可能是意外造成的。
  2. incidental; subsidiary
    非主要的;附带的
    the location is accidental and contributes nothing to the poem.
    地点是非主要的,对诗没有什么影响。
  3. (Philosophy)(in Aristotelian thought) relating to or denoting properties which are not essential to a thing's nature
    (哲)(亚里士多德思想中的)非本质属性的
noun
  1. (Music)a sign indicating a momentary departure from the key signature by raising or lowering a note
    (乐)临时记号
  2. (Ornithology). another term for vagrant
    (鸟)。 同 vagrant
派生
accidentally
adverb
语源
  1. late Middle English (in senses 2 and 3 of the adjective): from late Latin accidentalis, from Latin accident- 'happening' (see accident)
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