aqua-
pref.（前缀）
语源
pref.（前缀）
- Water:
水：
aquacade.
水上运动表演
语源
- From Latin aqua [water] * see aqua
源自 拉丁语 aqua [水] *参见 aqua
aqua-
Word Origin
1
variant of aqui-.
Origin
probably orig. attributive use of aqua, or generalized from words in which it is etymologically the head noun of a phrase, as aquamarine, aquatint
Related Words
- aquacade
- aquaculture
- aquafarm
- aquanaut
- aquaphobia
- aquaplane
aqua-a combining form meaning 'water'.
Also, aqui-. [Latin aqua water]
aqua-
combining form
- relating to water表示“与水有关的”：
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aquaculture.
- ■ relating to water sports or aquatic entertainment表示“与水上运动（或水上娱乐）有关的”：
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aquacade.
词源
from Latin aqua 'water'.
1887 Gentl. Mag. June 549When the ‘Théâtre Nautique’ first opened its doors the bill presented..a three act aqua-drama of Chinese life, entitled ‘Kao-Kang’.
1930 Birmingham Post 28 Feb. 8 A daring new aquatic sport introduced at Winter Haven, Florida, U.S. A.—riding in an ‘aqua-glider’ fitted with an aeroplane wing and attached to a speed boat.
1935 A. P. Herbert What a Word! v. 164Every week some new thing is flung into the news..Cinema, vitamin..—and, I regret to say, television and aquadrome—here are only a few.
1936 London Transport, Country Walks, 1st Ser. ,A big lake set with wooded eyots, the Aquadrome is really an old ballast pit.
1937 Daily Progress (Charlotteville, Va. ) 16 Nov. 6/5Billy Rose, the little man who creates big shows, is pictured with Eleanor Holm Jarrett, his star of the Cleveland aquacade.
1949 R. Graves Seven Days in New Crete xx. 248Several naked girls slipped into the pool and swam languidly around like a Hollywood aquacade.
1952 Granville Dict. Theatr. Terms 17Aqua show..Aquatic turns are performed in tanks on the stage or in suitable settings according to the size of the theatre.
1961 Daily Mail 12 Sept. 13/2 Mr. B. is running an ‘aqua-camp’... He has bought a 16 ft. cabin cruiser..for use by the campers, who bring canoes and diving equipment.
aqua-
word-forming element meaning "water," from Latin aqua "water; the sea; rain," cognate with Proto-Germanic *akhwo, source of Old English ea "river," Gothic ahua "river, waters," Old Norse Ægir, name of the sea-god, Old English ieg "island;" all from PIE *akwa- "water" (cognates: Sanskrit ap "water," Hittite akwanzi "they drink," Lithuanian uppe "a river").
ORIGIN: Latin aqua water.
aqua-
— see aqui-
— see aqui-
aqua-
Prefix
- Pertaining to water