词汇 | sty |
词根词缀 | 词源: 1. sty (1) "pen for pigs," O.E. sti, stig "hall, pen" (in sti-fearh), from P.Gmc. *stijan (cf. O.N. stia "sty, kennel," O.H.G. stiga "pen for small cattle"). 2. sty (2) "inflamed swelling in the eyelid," 1617, probably a back-formation from M.E. styany (as though sty on eye), c.1440, from O.E. stigend "sty," lit. "riser," from prp. of stigan "go up, rise," from P.Gmc. *stig- (see stair). |
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