denier
denier — 名詞
- deniersingular
- deniersplural
1. someone who openly insists a well-known event never took place, or that an estab
否認者
公開拒絕承認既定事實的人
someone who openly insists a well-known event never took place, or that an established fact is wrong — usually despite clear evidence against them
Climate change deniers still appeared on Christopher's talk show every other week.
氣候變遷否認者每隔一週仍會出現在 Christopher 的脫口秀節目上。
compound: climate change denier
Holocaust deniers were banned from speaking at the university after student protests.
在學生抗議之後，大學禁止猶太大屠殺否認者進校演講。
compound: Holocaust denier (most common usage)
Tuan called the politician a denier of basic medical science.
Tuan 稱那位政治人物是基本醫學常識的否認者。
The mayor lost the election after voters labelled him a vaccine denier.
選民給市長貼上疫苗否認者的標籤後，他便輸了選舉。
Xiu argued online with election deniers for hours every night.
Xiu 每天晚上都花好幾個小時在網路上跟選舉否認者爭論。
- skeptic
milder; doubts rather than rejects, often open to evidence
- negationist
academic term, mainly used for Holocaust denial
- doubter
neutral; questions without firm rejection
- believer
accepts the claim as true
- acknowledger
openly admits the fact, formal
文法句型
denier of [event/fact]
[adjective] + denier
用法筆記
Almost always used as a compound: 'climate denier', 'Holocaust denier', 'vaccine denier', 'election denier'. The pattern attaches the topic being denied directly before the noun.
常見錯誤
2. a unit used to measure how fine or thick a single thread of nylon, silk, or simi
丹尼數
絲、尼龍等絲線粗細的計量單位
a unit used to measure how fine or thick a single thread of nylon, silk, or similar material is, used especially for tights and stockings
Élise picked up a pair of 40 denier black tights for the winter.
Élise 為冬天挑了一雙 40 丹尼的黑色褲襪。
pattern: [number] denier + [noun]
Gabriel asked the shop assistant for 15 denier stockings instead of the thicker ones.
Gabriel 向店員要 15 丹尼的絲襪，而不是比較厚的那種。
pattern: low denier = thin, sheer
The label said 70 denier, which Antonia knew meant they would last longer than 20.
標籤寫著 70 丹尼，Antonia 知道這會比 20 丹尼的穿得更久。
Lakshmi only wears tights of at least 80 denier when she runs in cold weather.
Lakshmi 只有在天冷跑步時才會穿至少 80 丹尼的褲襪。
- weight (of yarn)
general industry term; less precise than denier
文法句型
[number] + denier
[number]-denier + [noun]
用法筆記
Usually appears after a number (e.g. '40 denier'). Lower numbers mean thinner, more see-through fabric; higher numbers mean thicker and warmer. The word is unchanged in the plural after a number.
常見錯誤
3. a small silver coin once used across western Europe, especially in France during
德尼耶銀幣
中世紀歐洲流通的銀幣
a small silver coin once used across western Europe, especially in France during the Middle Ages
Ada found three medieval deniers in the soil behind the old church wall.
Ada 在舊教堂牆後的土裡找到三枚中世紀德尼耶銀幣。
historical context: medieval Europe
A loaf of bread in 1200 might cost only a few deniers.
在 1200 年，一條麵包可能只要幾枚德尼耶銀幣。
historical pricing context
The museum keeps a tray of French deniers from the reign of Charlemagne.
博物館收藏一盤查理曼大帝時期的法國德尼耶銀幣。
Tariro studied how the silver denier spread through trade routes during the twelfth century.
Tariro 研究德尼耶銀幣在十二世紀如何沿著貿易路線流通。
- penny
rough English equivalent during the medieval period
文法句型
[number] + deniers
用法筆記
A historical term you mostly meet in museum labels, coin catalogues, or books about medieval Europe. Now obsolete as currency.