lord: [OE] It is a measure of the centrality of bread to human society that the word lord denotes etymologically ‘guardian of the loaf’. It goes back to a primitive Old English *khlaibward, a compound formed from *khlaib ‘loaf’ and *ward ‘guardian, keeper’ (ancestor of modern English ward). This gradually developed in Old English via hlāfweard to hlāford, and in the 14th century it lost its middle /v/ to become the single-syllable word we know today. Lady was likewise originally based on the word loaf. => guard, loaf, ward
lord (n.)
mid-13c., laverd, loverd, from Old English hlaford "master of a household, ruler, superior," also "God" (translating Latin Dominus, though Old English drihten was used more often), earlier hlafweard, literally "one who guards the loaves," from hlaf "bread, loaf" (see loaf (n.)) + weard "keeper, guardian" (see ward (n.)). Compare lady (literally "bread-kneader"), and Old English hlafæta "household servant," literally "loaf-eater." Modern monosyllabic form emerged 14c. As an interjection from late 14c. Lord's Prayer is from 1540s. Lord of the Flies translates Beelzebub (q.v.) and was name of 1954 book by William Golding. To drink like a lord is from 1620s.
lord (v.)
c. 1300, "to exercise lordship," from lord (n.). Meaning "to play the lord, domineer" is late 14c. Related: Lorded; lording. To lord it is from 1570s.
雙語例句
1. "Good lord, that's what he is: he's a policeman."
“我的天哪，他原來是警察呀。”
來自柯林斯例句
2. A few days earlier he had received a telegram from Lord Lloyd.
幾天前，他收到勞埃德勳爵發來的一封電報。
來自柯林斯例句
3. His nine-month sentence was overturned by Appeal Court judge Lord Justice Watkins.
上訴法院法官沃特金斯撤銷了對他作出的9個月徒刑的判決。
來自柯林斯例句
4. She prayed now. "Lord, help me to find courage."
她馬上祈禱道：“上帝呀，請賜我勇氣吧。”
來自柯林斯例句
5. She told us she was descended from some Scottish Lord.