gill

• n. 腮；菌褶；（山穀中的）溝壑，峽流；及耳（容量單位）
• vi. 被刺網捕住
• vt. 用刺網捕魚；去除內髒
• n. (Gill)人名；(英、法、德、匈、印)吉爾；(瑞典、挪)伊爾；(西)希爾

詞源不詳。

詞源同gallon.

gill

gill: English has three separate words gill. The oldest, gill ‘ravine’ [11], was borrowed from Old Norse gil, a word of unknown ancestry. Gill ‘fishes’ breathing organ’ [14] probably also comes from an Old Norse *gil, never actually recorded, but deduced from modern Swedish gäl and Danish gjælle ‘gill’. It may well go back to a prehistoric Indo-European source which also produced Greek kheilos ‘lip’. Gill ‘quarter of a pint’ [14] comes via Old French gille from medieval Latin gillo ‘water-pot’.

gill (n.1)

"organ of breathing in fishes," early 14c., of unknown origin, perhaps related to Scandinavian words, such as Old Norse gjölnar which perhaps means "gills," and Old Danish -gæln (in fiske-gæln "fish gill"); said to be ultimately from a PIE *ghel-una- "jaw" (cognate: Greek kheilos "lip"). Related: Gills.

gill (n.2)

liquid measure (commonly a half-pint), late 13c., from Old French gille, a wine measure, and from Medieval Latin gillo "earthenware jar," words of uncertain origin, perhaps related to the source of gallon.

Gill

fem. proper name, shortened form of Gillian. Also see Jill. Gill-flirt "giddy young woman" is from 1630s.

1. Gill had an extraordinary, incandescent personality.

吉爾個性鮮明，熱情洋溢。

來自柯林斯例句

2. Gill speaks in a quiet Irish brogue.

吉爾說話帶有輕微的愛爾蘭口音。

來自柯林斯例句

3. She took Gill by the hand.

她拉起吉爾的手。

來自柯林斯例句

4. Gill chortled with delight.

吉爾高興得哈哈大笑。

來自《權威詞典》

5. Gill's last school report shocked his parents into action.

吉爾最後的成績單使他的父母大為震驚,他們不得不采取行動.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》