词汇 | door |
词根词缀 | 词源: M.E. merger of O.E. dor (neut.; pl. doru) "large door, gate," and O.E. duru (fem., pl. dura "door, gate, wicket"), both from P.Gmc. *dur-, from PIE *dhwer-/*dhwor- "a doorway, a door, a gate" (cf. Gk. thura, L. foris, Gaul. doro "mouth," Goth. dauro "gate," Skt. dvárah "door, gate," O.Pers. duvara- "door," O.Prus. dwaris "gate," Rus. dver' "a door"). The base form is frequently in dual or plural, leading to speculation that houses of the original Indo-Europeans had doors with two swinging halves. M.E. had both dure and dor; form dore predominated by 16c., but was supplanted by door."A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of." [Ogden Nash]First record of dooryard is c.1764, Amer.Eng.; doorstep is from 1810. 词根记忆: n. 门;门口,出入口;门状物;家;通道Who lives next door to you?谁住在你的隔壁? |
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