swan
英 [swɒn]
美 [swɑn]
- n. 天鵝；天鵝星座
- vi. 遊蕩，閑蕩
- n. (Swan)人名；(英、芬、德)斯旺
助記提示
1. sound => swan.
2. perhaps the swan was originally named for the (admittedly rather unmusical) sound it makes.
3. 天鵝湖: 天鵝湖是世界上最出名的芭蕾舞劇: Swan Lake.
4. 美國電影：《黑天鵝》：《Black Swan》。
5. 黑天鵝事件（Black swan event)指非常難以預測，且不尋常的事件，通常會引起市場連鎖負麵反應甚至顛覆。
6. 國內著名品牌：小天鵝（Little Swan）洗衣機。
7. 諧音“四玩”-----四處玩耍。
中文詞源
swan 天鵝來自古英語 swan,天鵝，來自 Proto-Germanic*swanaz,天鵝，歌者，來自 PIE*swen,唱歌，發 出聲音，詞源同 sound.可能是因為傳說中天鵝在臨死之前會發出美妙的歌聲而得名。
英文詞源
- swan
- swan: [OE] Swan is a general Germanic word, with relatives in German schwan, Dutch zwaan, Swedish svan, and Danish svane. These all come from a prehistoric base *swan-, which may go back ultimately to Indo-European *swon-, *swen- ‘make sound’ (source of Latin sonus ‘sound’, from which English gets sound). If it does, the swan was originally named for the (admittedly rather unmusical) sound it makes.
=> sound - swan (n.)
- Old English swan "swan," from Proto-Germanic *swanaz "singer" (cognates: Old Saxon swan, Old Norse svanr, Danish svane, Swedish svan, Middle Dutch swane, Dutch zwaan, Old High German swan, German Schwan), probably literally "the singing bird," from PIE root *swen- "to sing, make sound" (see sound (n.1)); thus related to Old English geswin "melody, song" and swinsian "to make melody."
In classical mythology, sacred to Apollo and to Venus. The singing of swans before death was alluded to by Chaucer (late 14c.), but swan-song (1831) is a translation of German Schwanengesang. The ancient Indo-European mythical swan-maiden so called by mythographers from 1829. Swan dive is recorded from 1898. A black swan was proverbial for "something extremely rare or non-existent" (late 14c.), after Juvenal ["Sat." vi. 164], but later they turned up in Australia (Chenopsis atratus).
"Do you say no worthy wife is to be found among all these crowds?" Well, let her be handsome, charming, rich and fertile; let her have ancient ancestors ranged about her halls; let her be more chaste than all the dishevelled Sabine maidens who stopped the war--a prodigy as rare upon the earth as a black swan! yet who could endure a wife that possessed all perfections? I would rather have a Venusian wench for my wife than you, O Cornelia, mother of the Gracchi, if, with all your virtues, you bring me a haughty brow, and reckon up Triumphs as part of your marriage portion. [Juvenal]
雙語例句
- 1. Lord Swan was made a life peer in 1981.
- 斯旺勳爵於1981年受封終身貴族。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The team's mascot is a giant swan.
- 這個隊的吉祥物是隻大天鵝。
來自《權威詞典》
- 3. The swan flapped its wings noisily.
- 天鵝大聲地拍打著翅膀。
來自《權威詞典》
- 4. The stately swan glides gracefully on the pond.
- 天鵝在池麵上優美地遊動.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. A young swan is called a cygnet.
- 小天鵝叫做“cygnet”.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》