raven

• n. 掠奪，劫掠；大烏鴉
• adj. 烏黑的
• vt. 掠奪；狼吞虎咽
• vi. 掠奪；狼吞虎咽
• n. (Raven)人名；(英)雷文；(德)拉文

來自古英語 hraefn,渡鴉，大烏鴉，來自 PIE*ker,尖叫聲，擬聲詞，詞源同 crow,crane.

來自古法語 raviner,搶劫，來自拉丁語 rapina,搶劫，掠奪，來自 rapere,抓走，奪走，詞源同 rape,ravish.後引申詞義饑餓，狼吞虎咽。

raven

raven: English has two separate words raven. The bird-name [OE] is a general Germanic term, related to German rabe, Dutch raaf, and Danish ravn. It goes back to a prehistoric Germanic *khrabnaz or *khraben, which originated in an imitation of the raven’s harsh croaking. The verb raven ‘prey, plunder’ [15], nowadays encountered virtually only in its present participle ravening and the derived ravenous, goes back ultimately to Latin rapere ‘seize by force’.
=> rape, rapture, ravenous

raven (n.)

Old English hræfn (Mercian), hrefn; hræfn (Northumbrian, West Saxon), from Proto-Germanic *khrabanaz (cognates: Old Norse hrafn, Danish ravn, Dutch raaf, Old High German hraban, German Rabe "raven," Old English hroc "rook"), from PIE root *ker- (2), imitative of harsh sounds (cognates: Latin crepare "to creak, clatter," cornix "crow," corvus "raven;" Greek korax "raven," korone "crow;" Old Church Slavonic kruku "raven;" Lithuanian krauklys "crow").

Raven mythology shows considerable homogeneity throughout the whole area [northern regions of the northern hemisphere] in spite of differences in detail. The Raven peeps forth from the mists of time and the thickets of mythology, as a bird of slaughter, a storm bird, a sun and fire bird, a messenger, an oracular figure and a craftsman or culture hero. [Edward A. Armstrong, "The Folklore of Birds," 1958]

Old English also used hræmn, hremm. The raven standard was the flag of the Danish Vikings. The Quran connects the raven with Cain's murder of Abel; but in Christianity the bird plays a positive role in the stories of St. Benedict, St. Paul the Hermit, St. Vincent, etc. It was anciently believed to live to great old age, but the ancients also believed it wanting in parental care. The vikings, like Noah, were said to have used the raven to discover land. "When uncertain of their course they let one loose, and steered the vessel in his track, deeming that the land lay in the direction of his flight; if he returned to the ship, it was supposed to be at a distance" [Charles Swainson, "The Folk Lore and Provincial Names of British Birds," London, 1886].

1. Outside, a raven cawed.

外麵，一隻渡鴉尖叫了一聲。

來自柯林斯例句

2. The picture shows a dreamy, raven-haired young woman.

這幅畫描繪了一個漂亮的、有著烏黑頭發的年輕女子。

來自柯林斯例句

3. Her charming face was framed with raven hair.

她迷人的臉上垂落著烏亮的黑發.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

4. The symbols of Apollo were the wolf, swan, raven, stag, dolphin, laurel, and lyre.

阿波羅的象征物是狼 、 天鵝 、 渡鴉 、 雄鹿 、 海豚 、 桂冠和豎琴.

來自神話部分

5. Poor Jem! His raven hair, was that too to have its influence against him?

可憐的傑姆! 連他那烏黑的頭發, 都會叫人對他發生惡感 嗎 ?

來自辭典例句