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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- eureka
[jυ'rɪkə]
[juə'rɪːkə]
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interjection
[Greek]
我找到了!我想出了!(据说是古希腊学者阿基米德在发现决定金纯度的方法时所发出的惊叹语)
Collins English-English Dictionary
- eureka
[jυ'riːkə]
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interj
an exclamation of triumph on discovering or solving something
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interj
[Etymology]
C17: from Greek heureka I have found (it), from heuriskein to find; traditionally the exclamation of Archimedes when he realized, during bathing, that the volume of an irregular solid could be calculated by measuring the water displaced when it was immersed
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