divers
英 ['daɪvəz]
美 ['daɪvɚz]
- adj. 不同種類的，各式各樣的
- n. (Divers)人名；(英)戴弗斯；(法)迪韋爾
助記提示
1、di- "apart" + vers-.
2、含義：turn to different ways, turn to many or various by separate or apart.
3、該詞在拉丁語中其實就是divert的過去分詞，也就是說它來源於divert的拉丁語對應詞的過去分詞。由此取形容詞詞性並引申出如今的含義。
英文詞源
- divers (adj.)
- mid-13c., "not alike" (sense now in diverse); late 13c., "separate, distinct; various," from Old French divers (11c.) "different, various, singular, odd, exceptional, wretched, treacherous, perverse," from Latin diversus "turned different ways," in Late Latin "various," past participle of divertere (see divert).
Sense of "several, numerous" is recorded from c. 1300, referring "originally and in form to the variety of objects; but, as variety implies number, becoming an indefinite numeral word expressing multiplicity" [OED], a sense that emerged by c. 1400.
雙語例句
- 1. Coastguards had given up all hope of finding the two divers alive.
- 海岸警衛隊對兩位潛水員生還已完全不抱希望。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. They wanted to get certified as divers.
- 他們想拿到潛水員資格證。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Two divers work together while a standby diver remains on the surface.
- 兩名潛水員協同工作,同時有一名候補潛水員留在水麵上.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. Lead weights and air cylinders encumbered the divers as they walked to the shore.
- 潛水員向海岸走去時，鉛墜和氧氣罐使他們步履維艱。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. At the championships more promising divers are expected to come to the fore.
- 在這次比賽中,估計將會湧現更多優秀的跳水運動員.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》