madrigal: [16] Etymologically, madrigal denotes a ‘simple song, such as might just have sprung from the mother’s womb’. It comes ultimately from medieval Latin mātricālis ‘simple, primitive’, a derivative of Latin mātrix ‘womb’. (And mātrix itself, source of English matrix [16] and matriculate [16] – etymologically ‘put on a list’, from a later metaphorical use of the Latin noun for ‘list’ – was a derivative of māter ‘mother’.) Mātricālis passed into Italian as madrigale, where it was used as a noun for a ‘simple unaccompanied song’. => matriculate, matrix
madrigal (n.)
"short love poem," also "part-song for three or more voices," 1580s, from Italian madrigale, probably from Venetian dialect madregal "simple, ingenuous," from Late Latin matricalis "invented, original," literally "of or from the womb," from matrix (genitive matricis) "womb" (see matrix).
雙語例句
1. When Mary finally appeared, she made her apologies to Mrs Madrigal.
最終露麵時，瑪麗向馬德裏加爾夫人表示了歉意。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Mrs. Madrigal heaped more carrots onto Michael'splate.
馬德裏加爾夫人將更多的胡蘿卜堆到了邁克爾的盤子裏。
來自柯林斯例句
3. Mrs. Madrigal buttered another piece of toast.
馬德裏加爾夫人給另一片烤麵包塗上了黃油。
來自柯林斯例句
4. Mrs. Madrigal began drying dishes.
馬德裏加爾夫人開始擦幹碟子。
來自柯林斯例句
5. You look like a melodious madrigal, beautiful snowy mountain, beautiful prairie.