| 词汇 | spinster |
| 词根词缀 | 词源： mid-14c., "female spinner of thread," from M.E. spinnen (see spin) + -stere, feminine suffix. Spinning commonly done by unmarried women, hence the word came to denote "an unmarried woman" in legal documents from 1600s to early 1900s, and by 1719 was being used generically for "woman still unmarried and beyond the usual age for it." "Spinster, a terme, or an addition in our Common Law, onely added in Obligations, Euidences, and Writings, vnto maids vnmarried." [John Minsheu, "Ductor in Linguas," 1617] 词根记忆： n. 未婚女人(spin纺纱→纺纱女人→少女)[-ster表名词,"…人"] 词根词缀： spinster spinster n 未婚女人(spin纺纱…纺纱女人…少女) -ster表名词,”…人” huckster n 叫卖小贩(huck叫卖) prankster n 恶作剧者(prand恶作剧) pollster n 民意测验家(poll民意调查) spinster n 未婚女人(spin纺纱…纺纱女人…少女) hipster n 赶时髦的人(hip时髦) shyster n 奸诈的人(shy害羞,狡猾) songster n 歌唱家(song歌曲) seamster n 裁缝(seam 衣服的缝) gangster n 匪徒(gang帮派) rhymester n 抽劣诗人(rhyme音律) |
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