阿基米德

Ājīmǐdé
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Meanings

  1. 1 Archimedes (c. 287-212 BC), Greek mathematician and inventor

Examples

Ājīmǐdé fāxiànle fúlì dìnglǜ.
Archimedes discovered the principle of buoyancy.
Tā bèi yùwéi xiàndài de Ājīmǐdé.
He is hailed as a modern-day Archimedes.

Tips

culture
Archimedes is famous for the 'Eureka!' moment in his bath, when he realized he could use water displacement to measure volume. The Chinese phrase 阿基米德原理 (Ājīmǐdé yuánlǐ) refers to Archimedes' principle.
memory
The transliteration mimics the Greek pronunciation: 阿基 (Ā-jī) for 'Archi' and (-mǐdé) for '-medes'.

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