/ˈfriːkwənt/1
- occurring or done on many occasions, in many cases, or in quick succession频繁的, 时常发生的:
frequent changes in policy
政策的频繁变化
the showers will become heavier and more frequent.
阵雨将会更大更频繁。
1.1
- attrib.(of a person) doing something often; habitual(人)经常做某事的; 惯常的:
a frequent visitor to Scotland.
常去苏格兰的人。
1.2
- archaic found at short distances apart〈古〉间隔很近的:
walls flanked by frequent square towers.
一侧有多个间隔很近的方形塔台的城墙。
1.3
- Medicine, dated (of the pulse) rapid【医】〈旧〉(脉搏)快的, 急的。
/frɪˈkwent/
with obj.
- visit (a place) often or habitually常到; 常出入于:
pubs frequented by soldiers
士兵经常光顾的小酒馆
as adj., with submodifier (frequented) one of the most frequented sites.人们最常去的场所之一。
派生词
frequentation
nounfrequenter
nounfrequently
adverb词源
late Middle English (in the sense 'profuse, ample'): from French, or from Latin frequens, frequent- 'crowded, frequent', of unknown ultimate origin.