amber
英 ['æmbə]
美 ['æmbɚ]
- adj. 琥珀色的；琥珀製的
- n. 琥珀；琥珀色
- vt. 使呈琥珀色
助記提示
1. 該詞最初是從阿拉伯語中表示龍涎香這種物質的名詞 anbar 音譯過去的(音譯過程中發生了音變)，表示相同的物質；但是後來的另一種物質及琥珀可能是顏色具有一定的相似性或者其它原因，於是也用這個單詞表示琥珀這種物質，這種混用就就造成了混淆，後來為了進行區別就根據顏色的細微差別分別叫做 gray amber 和 yellow amber, 但amber的的主要含義開始偏向於琥珀，進入英語後amber就表示琥珀之意，而另一種物質龍涎香就根據gray的法語寫法gris, 將其合在一起構成一個新的單詞ambergris，然後它就表示龍涎香了。
中文詞源
amber 琥珀來自阿拉伯語，龍涎香。傳入歐洲，指琥珀。為使表述更明確，則用短語amber jaune. jaune, 同jaundice, 黃疸。
英文詞源
- amber
- amber: [14] Amber was borrowed, via Old French, from Arabic ‘anbar, which originally meant ‘ambergris’ (and in fact until the early 18th century amber was used for ‘ambergris’ too). A perceived resemblance between the two substances had already led in Arabic to ‘amber’ ousting ‘ambergris’ as the main meaning of ‘anbar, and this was reflected as soon as English acquired it.
In Scotland until as recently as the early 19th century lamber was the usual form. This arose from borrowing the French word for ‘amber’ complete with its definite article le: l’ambre. Before the introduction of the Arabic term into European languages, the ancestor of modern English glass appears to have been the word used for ‘amber’.
=> ambergris - amber (n.)
- mid-14c., "ambergris, perfume made from ambergris," from Old French ambre, from Medieval Latin ambar "ambergris," from Arabic 'anbar "ambergris." In Europe, the sense was extended, inexplicably, to fossil resins from the Baltic (late 13c. in Anglo-Latin; c. 1400 in English), which has become the main sense as the use of ambergris has waned. This formerly was known as white or yellow amber to distinguish it from ambergris, which word entered English early 15c. from French, which distinguished the two substances as ambre gris and amber jaune. The classical word for Baltic amber was electrum (compare electric).
雙語例句
- 1. The tea was darkly amber, the way he liked it.
- 茶呈暗琥珀色，正是他希望的樣子。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Cars did not stop when the lights were on amber.
- 交通燈變成橙黃色時，汽車沒有停下來。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. The traffic lights were on amber.
- 交通信號黃燈亮了。
來自《權威詞典》
- 4. Would you like an amber necklace for your birthday?
- 你過生日想要一條琥珀項鏈 嗎 ?
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. You should stop at an amber light.
- 遇到黃燈你應該停下來.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》