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quiddity

/kwid-i-tee/US // ˈkwɪd ɪ ti //UK // (ˈkwɪdɪtɪ) //

资格认证,资格证,资格,资格审查

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural quid·di·ties.

    • : Also called what·ness [hwuht-nis, wuht‐] /ˈʰwʌtˌnɪs, ˈwʌt‐/ . the quality that makes a thing what it is; the essential nature of a thing.
    • : a trifling nicety of subtle distinction, as in argument.

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Examples

  • Next came the redoubtable Mr. Mumbles himself, leading Mrs. Mumbles by the hand, preceded by the young lawyer Quiddity.

  • On the next interview Mr. Mumbles, delighted with the report of Quiddity, addressed him with truly dignified solemnity.

  • The lawyer's clerk, whose name was Quiddity, also set about publishing the whole of the matter abroad.

  • Whatness and affections (quiddity) of being distinguishes between, ii.

  • Nature herself is maya; natural science must perforce deal with her ineluctable quiddity.