hale
英 [heɪl]
- adj. 矍鑠的（尤指老人）；強壯的
- adv. 完全地
- vt. 迫使；猛拉
- vi. 不斷流出
- n. (Hale)人名；(英)黑爾；(德、瑞典、芬)哈勒
助記提示
1. heal, health => hale, whole.
2. whole <===> hale.
3. haul => hale.
中文詞源
hale 健康的，健朗的來自古英語hal,健康的，詞源同hail,health.
hale 強拉硬拖詞源同haul.
英文詞源
- hale
- hale: see whole
- hale (adj.)
- "in good health, robust," Old English hal "healthy, sound, safe; entire; uninjured; genuine, straightforward" (see health). The Scottish and northern English form of whole and with a more etymological spelling. It later acquired a literary sense of "free from infirmity" (1734), especially in reference to the aged. Related: Haleness.
- hale (v.)
- c. 1200, "drag, pull," in Middle English used of arrows, bowstrings, reins, swords, anchors, etc., from Old French haler "to pull, haul, tow, tug" (12c.), from Frankish *halon or Old Dutch halen or some other Germanic source, from Proto-Germanic *halon "to call," from PIE *kele- (2) "to shout" (see claim (v.)). Figurative sense of "to draw (someone) from one condition to another" is late 14c. Related: Haled; haling.
雙語例句
- 1. The old man is still hale and hearty.
- 老人的身體還挺硬棒.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 2. He is eighty, but still hale and hearty.
- 他年已八旬, 但仍老當益壯.
來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》
- 3. She is remarkable and I'dlike to see her remain hale and hearty for years yet.
- 她身體狀況非常好，我希望她身子骨能一直這麽硬朗。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. Nathan Hale looked around as a British soldier put the rope around his neck.
- 當一個英國士兵把繩子套在他的脖子上的時候,內森·黑爾向四周看了看.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. " Why , I was just over there this afternoon -- Mrs. Hale and I.
- “ 我今天下午剛去那裏看了回來 -- 海爾太太和我一起去的.
來自英漢文學 - 嘉莉妹妹