词汇 | clock |
词根词缀 | 词源: 1371, clokke, orig. "clock with bells," probably from M.Du. klocke, from M.L. (7c.) clocca "bell," from Celt., probably spread by Irish missionaries, ultimately of imitative origin. Replaced O.E. dægmæl, from dæg "day" + mæl "measure, mark." The slang verb sense of "hit, sock" is 1941, originally Australian, probably from earlier slang clock (n.) "face" (1923). O'clock for of the clock is c.1720. 词根记忆: n. 锺vt.记录(时间,速度等),为…计时At 8 o'clock the clerk locked the flock of cocks in the room.八点锺时办事员将那群公鸡锁在房间里. |
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