- 1和藹、親切、好相處（不是「天才」）
Genial describes a person, a manner, or a mood that is warm, friendly, and easy to be with — the opposite of cold or sharp. A genial host makes you feel welcome; a genial smile is an open, happy one. It is a slightly old-fashioned, slightly book-like compliment. In everyday speech people are more likely to say friendly, nice, or warm. It does not mean clever. That is genius, a different word, though they do meet in history: genial comes from Latin genius, once the “guardian spirit” of a person or a place, and from there it came to mean festive, pleasant, good for life. So genial is about warmth of spirit, not about being smart. Though actually, there is also a rare specialist use in medicine for “of the chin,” from a Greek word for chin; you can ignore that unless you are reading anatomy. Do not confuse genial with genital (body parts) or general (usual, shared). Those only look neighbouring; they are not this friendly word.
組成From Latin geniālis (“festive; of one’s guardian spirit”), from genius (“guardian spirit”) + -ālis. The medical “chin” word is a different genial, from Greek γένειον (géneion, “chin”) + -al.
同家族的字
- geniusfrom the same Latin genius, once a guardian spirit, not “a very clever person”
- congenialbuilt from this word: pleasant because it suits your spirit
原始詞典資料8 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
genialadj詞源 1/ˈdʒiːnɪəl/
- 1
Friendly and cheerful; enlivening.
- a genial glow
- Such a face was calculated to awaken not only the calm sentiment of esteem, the distant one of admiration, but some feeling more tender, genial, intimate—friendship, perhaps, affection, interest.
- 2
climatologymeteorologynatural-sciencesPleasantly mild and warm.
- genial warmth
- We met other families on the Long Walk, enjoying like ourselves the return of the genial season.
- 3
Marked by genius.
- Men of genius have so often attacht the highest value to their less genial works.
- About fifty years later, in 1675, the Danish astronomer Ole Roemer (1644-1710) had the genial idea of using astronomical rather than terrestrial distances.
- 4
archaicPertaining to marriage; nuptial.
- the genial bed
- 5
archaicContributing to, or concerned in, propagation or production; generative; procreative; productive.
- Creator Venus, genial power of love.
- The well breath'd youth, hot-mettled, and flush with genial juices, was now fairly in for making me know my driver.
- 6
obsoleteBelonging to one's genius or natural character; native; natural; inborn.
- natural incapacity and genial indisposition
- 7
human-sciencesmysticismmythologyRelating to or resembling a genius (Roman tutelary deity).
genialadj詞源 2/dʒɪˈnʌɪəl/
- 1
anatomymedicinesciencesRelating to the chin; genian.
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