prow: [16] ‘Being in front’ is the etymological notion that underlies prow. It comes ultimately from Greek próira ‘front of a ship’, which was probably a derivative of Indo-European *pro ‘before, in front’. It reached English via Latin prōra and Old French proue.
prow (n.)
"forepart of a ship," 1550s, from Middle French proue, from Italian (Genoese) prua, from Vulgar Latin *proda, by dissimilation from Latin prora "prow," from Greek proira, related to pro "before, forward," proi "early in the morning," from PIE *pre-, from root *per- (1) "forward, through" (see per).
Middle English and early Modern English (and Scott) had prore in same sense, from Latin. Modern Italian has proda only in sense "shore, bank." Prow and poop meant "the whole ship," hence 16c.-17c. figurative use of the expression for "the whole" (of anything).
雙語例句
1. The prow of the motor - boat cut through the water like a knife.
汽艇的船頭像一把刀子劈開水麵向前行駛.
來自辭典例句
2. The part of a ship at which the prow joins the keel.
'前'.''踵艏''. '柱'.''腳船的一部分,船首與船骨相接於此.
來自互聯網
3. And there were wishes here, but never prow and stern.
既載人,也載夢想, 但範圍出不了船頭船尾.
來自互聯網
4. The prow of the motor cut through the water like a knife.
“汽艇”的船頭像一把刀子劈開水麵向前行駛.
來自互聯網
5. But never more than fit between prow and stern.