static: [17] Static means etymologically ‘causing to stand’. Its ultimate ancestor is Greek statós ‘placed, standing’, a derivative of the base *sta- ‘stand’ (to which English stand is related). From this was derived statikós ‘causing to stand’, which passed into English via Latin staticus. => stand
static (adj.)
1630s, "pertaining to the science of weight and its mechanical effects," from Modern Latin statica, from Greek statikos "causing to stand, skilled in weighing," from stem of histanai "to make to stand, set; to place in the balance, weigh," from PIE root *sta- "to stand" (see stet). Earlier statical (1560s). The sense of "having to do with bodies at rest or with forces that balance each other" is first recorded 1802. Applied to frictional electricity from 1839.
static (n.)
"random radio noise," 1912, from static (adj.). Figurative sense of "aggravation, criticism" is attested from 1926.
雙語例句
1. For some months the share price remained fairly static.
有那么幾個月，股票價格一直非常地穩定。
來自柯林斯例句
2. The number of young people obtaining qualifications has remained static or decreased.
獲得資格證的年輕人數量一直維持不變或出現下降。
來自柯林斯例句
3. Built-up static contributes to sick building syndrome.
高樓林立中的靜電干擾是引發大樓病綜合征的原因之一。
來自柯林斯例句
4. Prices on the stock market, which have been static, are now rising again.