fundament
UK/'fʌndəmənt/US/'fʌndәmәnt/
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Definitions
n.
The underlying basis or foundation of something (formal, literary)
根基，基础（正式、书面）
n.
The buttocks or anus (archaic/euphemistic)
臀部，肛门（古旧、委婉）
Root Breakdown
Native Englishfund (bottom/base) + -ment (result/thing) = 'the base of something.' Both senses follow directly from fundus 'bottom': the foundation of an argument, and — bluntly — the body's literal bottom.
Root fund still carries 32 more wordsCommon Collocations
- 1.philosophical fundament哲学基础
- 2.fundament of society社会基础
Example Sentences
- 1.
Reason, he argued, is the fundament of all good law.