happening or carried on according to chance rather than design or inherent nature 偶然的 adventitious similarities. 一些偶然相似点。 ■[coming from] outside; not native 外来的;非自然的 the adventitious population. 外来人口。 ■(Biology)formed accidentally or in an unusual anatomical position (生)偶生的,不定的 adventitious lobes may appear between the primaries. 偶生裂片可能出现在初级飞羽之间。 ■(Botany)(of a root) growing directly from the stem or other upper part of a plant (植)(根)不定的
派生 adventitiously adverb 语源
early 17th cent.: from Latin adventicius 'coming to us from abroad' (from advenire 'arrive') + -ous(see also -itious)