felt: [OE] Etymologically, felt is a fabric that is formed by ‘beating’ (as indeed is the case, for it is made from compressed fibres). The word comes via West Germanic *feltaz or *filtiz (source also of German filz and Dutch vilt ‘felt’, and of English filter) from prehistoric Indo- European *peldos, a derivative of the same base as produced Latin pellere ‘strike, beat’ and the second syllable of English anvil. => anvil, filter
felt (n.)
unwoven fabric matted together by rolling or beating while wet, Old English felt "felt," from West Germanic *feltaz "something beaten, compressed wool" (cognates: Old Saxon filt, Middle Dutch vilt, Old High German filz, German Filz, Danish filt), from Proto-Germanic *felt- "to beat," from PIE *pel- (6) "to thrust, strike, drive" (source also of Old Church Slavonic plŭstĭ), with a sense of "beating" (see pulse (n.1)). Compare filter (n.). Felt-tipped pen (or -tip) is from 1953.
felt (v.1)
"to make into felt," early 14c. (implied in felted); see felt (n.).
felt (v.2)
past tense and past participle of feel (v.).
雙語例句
1. The cold, misty air felt wonderful on his face.
霧蒙蒙，寒冷的空氣使他臉上感覺很舒爽。
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2. I felt a sharp pain in my lower back.
我感覺到後腰一陣劇痛。
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3. We felt we were living life on several different planes.
我們感到大家生活的精神層次各不相同。
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4. I felt so self-conscious under Luke's mother's intense gaze.
在盧克母親審視的目光下，我感到極不自在。
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5. Many felt that he should have resigned there and then.