marrow
英 ['mærəʊ]
美 ['mæro]
- n. 髓，骨髓；精華；活力
- n. (Marrow)人名；(英)馬羅
助記提示
1. 形近詞：marrow, barrow, harrow, farrow, narrow, sparrow.
2. harrow => h-: harvest, harry.
3. farrow => f-: pork.
4. barrow => b-: bear.
5. 這契合了馬秉義提出的首輔音表詞類含義的理論，其後的元音及輔音的音變、變化導致含義的分化、細化。
4. m + arrow => 媽媽中箭，被箭射中，箭頭深入骨髓。
中文詞源
marrow 骨髓，西葫蘆來自古英語mearg,來自Proto-Germanic*mazga,來自PIE*mozgo,骨髓。後引申詞義精髓。西葫蘆義詞源不詳。
英文詞源
- marrow (n.)
- late 14c., from Old English mearg "marrow," earlier mærh, from Proto-Germanic *mazga- (cognates: Old Norse mergr, Old Saxon marg, Old Frisian merg, Middle Dutch march, Dutch merg, Old High German marg, German Mark "marrow"), from PIE *mozgo- "marrow" (cognates: Sanskrit majjan-, Avestan mazga- "marrow," Old Church Slavonic mozgu, Lithuanian smagenes "brain"). Figurative sense of "inmost or central part" is attested from c. 1400.
雙語例句
- 1. Our bone marrow contains fat in the form of small globules.
- 我們的骨髓中含有小球狀的脂肪。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Ask the butcher for soup bones (marrow bones are best).
- 跟肉鋪老板要煲湯用的骨頭（最好是髓骨）。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. The very thought of it chilled me to the marrow.
- 一想到這個我就不寒而栗。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. There are 2,000 children worldwide who need a bone marrow transplant.
- 全世界有2,000名兒童需要骨髓移植。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. Cut a marrow in half and scoop out the seeds.
- 把一個西葫蘆切成兩半，挖出種子。
來自柯林斯例句