met.a.phys.ics

metaphysics的音标和读音：
DJ音标发音： [ˌmetəˈfiziks]
KK音标发音： [ˌmɛtəˈfɪzɪks]

metaphysics的词性：
n.Abbr. met, metaph（名词）缩写 met， metaph

1. (used with a sing. verb)Philosophy The branch of philosophy that examines the nature of reality, including the relationship between mind and matter, substance and attribute, fact and value.
（与单数动词连用）【哲学】 形而上学，玄学：哲学一分支，研究现实的本质，包括意识和物质、物质和特性、事实和价值之间的关系

2. (used with a pl. verb)The theoretical or first principles of a particular discipline:
（与复数动词连用）原理，原则：一个专门学科理论上的或第一原则：

the metaphysics of law.
法律的基本原则

3. (used with a sing. verb)A priori speculation upon questions that are unanswerable to scientific observation, analysis, or experiment.
（与单数动词连用）推理：对于通过科学观察、分析或实验无法解决的问题进行的高深莫测的推理

4. (used with a sing. verb)Excessively subtle or recondite reasoning.
（与单数动词连用）深奥莫测的推理：极度复杂细致或深奥博学的推理

metaphysics的词源：

5. Pl. of Middle English methaphisik
中古英语 methaphisik的复数

6. from Medieval Latin metaphysica
源自 中世纪拉丁语 metaphysica

7. from Medieval Greek (ta) metaphusika
源自 中世纪希腊语 (ta) metaphusika

8. Greek (Ta) meta (ta) phusika [(the things) after the physics, the title of Aristotle's treatise on first principles (so called because it followed his work on physics)]
希腊语 (Ta) meta (ta) phusika [得名于物理现象，亚里士多德关于第一原则论文的题目（因其紧随他在物理学方面工作而得名）]

9. meta [after] * see meta-
meta [得名于] *参见 meta-

10. phusika [physics] * see physics
phusika [物理] *参见 physics