send: [OE] English shares send with the other Germanic languages – German senden, Dutch zenden, Swedish sönda, and Danish sende. These all go back to a prehistoric ancestor *santhjan, which originated as a causative derivative of a base denoting ‘go, journey’ – so etymologically send means ‘cause to go’.
send (v.)
Old English sendan "send, send forth; throw, impel," from Proto-Germanic *sandijan (cognates: Old Saxon sendian, Old Norse and Old Frisian senda, Middle Low German and Middle Dutch senden, Dutch zenden, German senden, Gothic sandjan), causative form of base *sinþan, denoting "go, journey" (source of Old English sið "way, journey," Old Norse sinn, Gothic sinþs "going, walk, time"), from PIE root *sent- "to head for, go" (cognates: Lithuanian siusti "send;" see sense (n.)).
Also used in Old English of divine ordinance (as in godsend, from Old English sand "messenger, message," from Proto-Germanic *sandaz "that which is sent"). Slang sense of "to transport with emotion, delight" is recorded from 1932, in American English jazz slang.
雙語例句
1. "I want to send a telegram." — "Fine, to whom?"
“我想發份電報。”——“好的，發給誰？”
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2. For more details about these products, send a postcard marked HB/FF.
要了解這些產品的詳細信息，請寄來標明HB/FF字樣的明信片。
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3. Come on, Bill. Send Tom a card and make his day.
來吧，比爾。給湯姆寄張卡片讓他高興高興吧。
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4. The crew did not send out any distress signals.
機組人員沒有發出任何求救信號。
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5. Exceptionally, in times of emergency, we may send a team of experts.