| 词汇 | autumn |
| 词根词缀 | 词源： late 14c., from O.Fr. autumpne, from L. autumnus (also auctumnus, perhaps infl. by auctus "increase"), a word probably of Etruscan origin. But Tucker suggests a meaning "drying-up season" and a root in *auq- (which would suggest the form in -c- was the original) and compares archaic Eng. sere-month "August." Harvest was the Eng. name for the season until autumn began to displace it 16c. In Britain, the season is popularly August through October; in U.S., September through November. Cf. It. autunno, Sp. otoño, Port. outono, all from the Latin word. Unlike the other three seasons, its names across the IE languages leave no evidence that there ever was a common word for it. Many "autumn words mean "end, end of summer," or "harvest." Cf. also Lith. ruduo "autumn," from rudas "reddish," in ref. to leaves; O.Ir. fogamar, lit. "under-winter." 词根记忆： n. 秋,秋季;成熟期,渐衰期In the autumn the authorities automatically authorize me to buy highly mobile automobiles.秋天,当权者自动授权我买高机动性的汽车. |
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