accolade

• n. 榮譽；榮譽稱號授予儀式；連譜號；稱讚

前綴ac-同ad-. 詞根col, 轉，領口，同collar,領口。該詞原指封騎士時的擁抱儀式，後指讚揚。

accolade

accolade: [17] Accolade goes back to an assumed Vulgar Latin verb *accollāre, meaning ‘put one’s arms round someone’s neck’ (collum is Latin for ‘neck’, and is the source of English collar). It put in its first recorded appearance in the Provençal noun acolada, which was borrowed into French as accolade and thence made its way into English. A memory of the original literal meaning is preserved in the use of accolade to refer to the ceremonial striking of a sword on a new knight’s shoulders; the main current sense ‘congratulatory expression of approval’ is a later development.
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accolade (n.)

1620s, from French accolade (16c.), from Provençal acolada or Italian accollata, ultimately from noun use of a fem. past participle from Vulgar Latin *accollare "to embrace around the neck," from Latin ad- "to" (see ad-) + collum "neck" (see collar (n.)).

The original sense is of an embrace about the neck or the tapping of a sword on the shoulders to confer knighthood. Extended meaning "praise, award" is from 1852. Also see -ade. Earlier was accoll (mid-14c.), from Old French acolee "an embrace, kiss, especially that given to a new-made knight," from verb acoler. The French noun in the 16c. was transformed to accolade, with the foreign suffix.

1. Four restaurants have been awarded the highest accolade of a three - star rating .

四家餐館獲授予 三星級 餐館的最高榮譽稱號.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

2. Ari Hart recently received the accolade of being represented in the Museum of Modern Art.

阿裏·哈特的作品最近有幸獲選在現代藝術館展出。

來自柯林斯例句

3. The Nobel prize has become the ultimate accolade in the sciences.

諾貝爾獎已成為科學界的最高榮譽。

來自辭典例句

4. Strangely, the yen may be the more deserving of that accolade.

奇怪的是, 日元或許更配得上這個榮譽稱號.

來自互聯網

5. Being better than China Mobile is not a great accolade, of course.

比中移動強一些, 當然不是多高的讚美.

來自互聯網