pneumonia
英 [njuː'məʊnɪə]
美 [nʊ'monɪə]
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單詞 pneumonia 來自希臘語 pneumonia 『肺炎』，來自 pneumon 『肺』，來自 pleumon 『肺，字麵含義：漂浮物』；由於肺是呼吸器官，pleumon 後來在拚寫上受到了表示『呼吸』的希臘語單詞 pnein 的影響，詞頭的 pl- 演變成了 pn-。那麽，含義『肺』又是如何從字麵含義『漂浮物』引申來的呢？大家都知道肺是呼吸器官，它主要由大量的氣管、支氣管和肺泡組成，所以在重量上非常的輕，這使它有別於心髒、肝髒等其它器官，能直接漂浮在水上，基於這一現象，就引申出了『肺』的含義。
pneumon 還有一個來自拉丁語的同源詞：pulmo（所有格：pulmonis），它們都表示『肺』；它們的同源性從其詞幹拚寫形式的相似性上多少能體現出來；它們最終都來源於 PIE（原始印歐語）詞根：*pleu- "to flow, to float, to swim"。
“pneumon”諧音“牛毛”，因為“肺”是像牛毛一樣輕的器官。
中文詞源
pneumonia 肺炎pneumon-,肺，-ia,炎症。
英文詞源
- pneumonia (n.)
- c. 1600, from Modern Latin, from Greek pneumonia "inflammation of the lungs," from pneumon "lung," altered (perhaps by influence of pnein "to breathe") from pleumon "lung," literally "floater," probably cognate with Latin pulmo (see pulmonary), from PIE *pleu- "to flow, to swim" (see pluvial). Alteration in Greek perhaps by influence of pnein "to breathe."
雙語例句
- 1. In November 1941 Payne was seriously ill with pneumonia.
- 1941年11月，佩恩得了嚴重的肺炎。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The new drug lessens the severity of pneumonia episodes.
- 新藥減輕了肺炎發作時的痛苦。
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- 3. She had feared she was going down with pneumonia or bronchitis.
- 她擔心會得肺炎或支氣管炎。
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- 4. Most people do not have to be hospitalized for asthma or pneumonia.
- 大多數哮喘或肺炎患者無需住院。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. The patient caught pneumonia and went out shortly before midnight.
- 那個病人感染了肺炎,在午夜前不久去世了.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》