syn·thet·ic
adjective/sɪnˈθetɪk/
/sɪnˈθetɪk/
- artificial; made by combining chemical substances rather than being produced naturally by plants or animals
synonym man-made人造的;(人工)合成的 - synthetic drugs/fabrics
合成药物/织物 - shoes with synthetic soles
合成鞋底的鞋 - synthetic dyes
合成染料 - Even the hair is synthetic.
就连头发也是合成的。
Synonyms artificialartificialsynthetic ▪ false ▪ man-made ▪ fake ▪ imitationThese words all describe things that are not real, or not naturally produced or grown.artificial made or produced to copy something natural; not real:Topics Physics and chemistryc1- artificial flowers
假花 - artificial light
人造光
- synthetic drugs
合成药物 - shoes with synthetic soles
合成鞋底的鞋
- false teeth
假牙 - a false beard
假胡子
- man-made fibres such as nylon
尼龙之类的人造纤维
- a fake-fur jacket
一件人造毛皮的短上衣
- She would never wear imitation pearls.
她绝不会戴假珍珠。
- artificial/synthetic/man-made fabrics/fibres/materials/products
- artificial/synthetic/fake/imitation fur/leather
- artificial/synthetic/false/fake/imitation diamonds/pearls
- synthetic drugs/fabrics
- (linguistics) (of languages) using changes to the ends of words rather than separate words to show the functions of words in a sentence
compare agglutinative, analytic综合(型)的
Word Originlate 17th cent.: from French synthétique or modern Latin syntheticus, from Greek sunthetikos, based on suntithenai ‘place together’.