| 词汇 | beetle |
| 词根词缀 | 词源： 1. beetle (n.) "insect," O.E. bitela, lit. "little biter," from bitel "biting," related to bitan "to bite" (see bite). As a nickname for the original Volkswagen car, 1946, translating Ger. Käfer. 2. beetle (v.) "project, overhang," originally in bitelbrouwed (mid-14c.), from bitel "sharp-edged, sharp;" probably from O.E. bitela (see beetle (n.)) + brow, which in M.E. meant "eyebrow," not "forehead." It referred to shaggy eyebrows, perhaps because they suggested insect antennae. Meaning "to overhang dangerously" (of cliffs, etc.) is from c.1600. |
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