console

• n. [計] 控製台；[電] 操縱台
• vt. 安慰；慰藉
• n. (Console)人名；(意、羅)孔索萊

con-, 強調。-sol, 安慰，安撫，詞源同solace,hilarious.

con-, 強調。-sol, 整體，詞源同solid. 即構成一個整體的，整體控製的工具。

console

console: [14] Console means literally ‘offer solace’. It comes from Latin consōlārī, a compound verb formed from the intensive prefix com- and sōlārī ‘comfort’ (source of the Latin noun sōlātium, from which English gets solace [13]). English acquired it either directly, or via French consoler. The Latin agent noun derived from consōlārī was consōlātor ‘comforter’, which passed into French as consolateur. This came to be used as an architectural term for a carved human figure supporting a cornice, shelf, etc, and was eventually shortened to console; this was borrowed into English in the 18th century.
=> solace

console (v.)

1690s, from French consoler "to comfort, console," from Latin consolari "offer solace, encourage, comfort, cheer," from com-, intensive prefix (see com-), + solari "to comfort" (see solace). Or perhaps a back-formation from consolation. The Latin word is glossed in Old English by frefran. Related: Consoled; consoling.

console (n.)

1706, "a cabinet; an ornamental base structure," from French console "a bracket" (16c.), which is of uncertain origin, possibly from Middle French consolateur, literally "one who consoles," word used for carved human figures supporting cornices, shelves or rails in choir stalls. Another guess connects it to Latin consolidare. Sense evolved to "body of a musical organ" (1881), "radio cabinet" (1925), then "cabinet for a TV, stereo, etc." (1944).

1. I can console myself with the fact that I'm not alone.

不是隻有我一個人才這樣，我可以用這一事實來安慰自己。

來自柯林斯例句

2. This Christmas sees the launch of a new games console.

這個聖誕節會有一款新型遊戲機上市。

來自柯林斯例句

3. Nothing could console him when his wife died.

他妻子去世後，什麽事情也不能使他感到寬慰。

來自《權威詞典》

4. We tried to console her when her dog died.

她的狗死後,我們盡力安慰她.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

5. A COBOL mnemonic name associated with the console typewriter.

和控製台打字機有關的一種COBOL助記憶名.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》