abreast
adv.
mid-15c., on brest, from a-(1) + breast, n.; the notion is of "with breasts in line." To keep abreast in figurative sense of "stay up-to-date" is from 1650s.
| 词汇 | abreast | 
| 词根词缀 | Online Etymology Dictionary abreast adv. mid-15c., on brest, from a-(1) + breast, n.; the notion is of "with breasts in line." To keep abreast in figurative sense of "stay up-to-date" is from 1650s. | 
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