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marrow的意思

marrow

英 ['mærəʊ] 美 ['mæro]
  • n. 髓,骨髓;精华;活力
  • n. (Marrow)人名;(英)马罗

marrow

助记提示


1. 形近词:marrow, barrow, harrow, farrow, narrow, sparrow.
2. harrow => h-: harvest, harry.
3. farrow => f-: pork.
4. barrow => b-: bear.
5. 这契合了马秉义提出的首辅音表词类含义的理论,其后的元音及辅音的音变、变化导致含义的分化、细化。
4. m + arrow => 妈妈中箭,被箭射中,箭头深入骨髓。

中文词源


marrow 骨髓,西葫芦

来自古英语mearg,来自Proto-Germanic*mazga,来自PIE*mozgo,骨髓。后引申词义精髓。西葫芦义词源不详。

英文词源


marrow (n.)
late 14c., from Old English mearg "marrow," earlier mærh, from Proto-Germanic *mazga- (cognates: Old Norse mergr, Old Saxon marg, Old Frisian merg, Middle Dutch march, Dutch merg, Old High German marg, German Mark "marrow"), from PIE *mozgo- "marrow" (cognates: Sanskrit majjan-, Avestan mazga- "marrow," Old Church Slavonic mozgu, Lithuanian smagenes "brain"). Figurative sense of "inmost or central part" is attested from c. 1400.

双语例句


1. Our bone marrow contains fat in the form of small globules.
我们的骨髓中含有小球状的脂肪。

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2. Ask the butcher for soup bones (marrow bones are best).
跟肉铺老板要煲汤用的骨头(最好是髓骨)。

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3. The very thought of it chilled me to the marrow.
一想到这个我就不寒而栗。

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4. There are 2,000 children worldwide who need a bone marrow transplant.
全世界有2,000名儿童需要骨髓移植。

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5. Cut a marrow in half and scoop out the seeds.
把一个西葫芦切成两半,挖出种子。

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