在北欧神话中,月亮神是男的,名叫曼尼(Mani),古英语中称为Mona,英语单词moon(月亮)、month(月)便来源于此。曼尼是太阳神苏尔的兄弟,他负责驾驶月辆车,和负责驾驶太阳车的苏尔每天在天空交替运行。在他身后是夜之女神诺特(Nott)所驾驶的黑色车辆。他们出现在天际的时候,大地就进入夜晚。
古印欧语menes-的语义是“月”,是月亮的月,也是年月的月,和英语measure(测量)共源于古印欧语me-,反映出古人是依据月亮的运动来测量时间的;从词源学上讲,英语Monday是“月亮日(moon day)”。
同源词:measure,meter,Monday,month
来自古英语mona,来自PIE*me,测量,词源同meter,measure.即通过看月亮月相变化来测量日期。引申动词词义思念,参照诗句“海上生明月,天涯共此时”。
"heavenly body which revolves about the earth monthly," Middle English mone, from Old English mona, from Proto-Germanic *menon- (source also of Old Saxon and Old High German mano, Old Frisian mona, Old Norse mani, Danish maane, Dutch maan, German Mond, Gothic mena "moon"), from PIE *me(n)ses- "moon, month" (source also of Sanskrit masah "moon, month;" Avestan ma, Persian mah, Armenian mis "month;" Greek mene "moon," men "month;" Latin mensis "month;" Old Church Slavonic meseci, Lithuanian mėnesis "moon, month;" Old Irish mi, Welsh mis, Breton miz "month"), from root *me- (2) "to measure" in reference to the moon's phases as an ancient and universal measure of time.
A masculine noun in Old English. In Greek, Italic, Celtic, and Armenian the cognate words now mean only "month." Greek selēnē (Lesbian selanna) is from selas "light, brightness (of heavenly bodies)." Old Norse also had tungl "moon," ("replacing mani in prose" - Buck), evidently an older Germanic word for "heavenly body," cognate with Gothic tuggl, Old English tungol "heavenly body, constellation," of unknown origin or connection. Hence Old Norse tunglfylling "lunation," tunglœrr "lunatic" (adj.).
Extended 1665 to satellites of other planets. Typical of a place impossible to reach or a thing impossible to obtain, by 1590s. Meaning "a month, the period of the revolution of the moon about the earth" is from late 14c.
To shoot the moon "leave without paying rent" is British slang from c. 1823 (see shoot (v.)); the card-playing sense perhaps was influenced by gambler's shoot the works (1922) "go for broke" in shooting dice. The moon race and the U.S. space program of the 1960s inspired a number of coinages, including, from those skeptical of the benefits to be gained, moondoggle (based on boondoggle). The man in the moon "fancied semblance of a man seen in the disk of the full moon" is mentioned since early 14c.; he carries a bundle of thorn-twigs and is accompanied by a dog. Some Japanese, however, see a rice-cake-making rabbit in the moon. The old moon in the new moon's arms (1727) is the appearance of the moon in the first quarter, in which the whole orb is faintly visible by earthshine.
c. 1600, "to expose to moonlight;" later "idle about, wander or gaze moodily" (1836), "move listlessly" (1848), probably on the notion also found in moonstruck. The meaning "to flash the buttocks" is recorded by 1968, U.S. student slang, from moon (n.) "buttocks" (1756), "probably from the idea of pale circularity" [Ayto]. See moon (n.). Related: Mooned; mooning.
a 一 (个)
A 英语字母表的第一个字母
A 英语字母表的第一个字母
a cappella 清唱的
a fortiori 理由更充分
A Gordian Knot 难解的结;难题;难点
a la carte 按菜单点菜
A Penelope's Web 故意拖延的策略;永远做不完的工作
a posteriori 由果及因
a priori 由因及果
A Procrustean Bed (强求一致):普罗克汝斯忒斯的铁床
aardvark 土豚
aback 大吃一惊
abacus (算盘):用于算数的沙板
abacus 算盘
abacus 算盘
abalone 鲍鱼
abandon 放弃
abandon 遗弃,抛弃
abase 使低下,卑微,屈从
abash 使困窘
abashed 羞愧
abate 减轻
abate 减弱
abattoir 屠宰场
abba 阿爸
abbess 女修道院院长
abbey 隐修院
abbot (修道院院长):阿拉姆语中对僧侣的尊称“父亲”
abbot 隐修院院长
abbreviate 缩短
abbreviate 缩写
abbreviate 缩写,简化
abbreviation 缩写,缩写词
abbreviator 缩写者
abdicate 退位
abdicate 退位
abdicate 退位,放弃(职位,权力等)
abdicator 弃权人,让位者,辞职者
abdomen 腹,腹部
abdomen 腹部
abdomenal 腹(部)的
abdominous 大肚子的,大腹便便的
abduct 诱拐
abduct 劫持,诱拐;绑架
abduction 绑架,拐骗,劫持
abecedarian (初步):拉丁字母表中的前四个字母
Aberdonian 苏格兰阿伯丁人
aberrance 脱离正道,越轨,反常
aberrant 异常的
aberrant 反常的
aberrant 异常的
aberration 失常
abet (教唆):纵狗斗熊游戏
abet 唆使,教唆,怂恿
abet 教唆
abet 教唆
abet 教唆,煽动,帮助,支持
abeyance 中止,搁置
abeyance 搁置
abeyance 中止
abhor 憎恶
abhor 憎恶
abhorrent 令人憎恶的
abide 忍受
abide 停留
abigail (侍女):《圣经》中大卫王的妻子亚比该
abigail 侍女,女仆
ability 能力,才能
ability 能力
abiogenesis 自然发生(论),非生物起源,无生源说
abiotic 非生物的
abject 卑鄙的
abject 悲惨的
abject 可怜的;凄惨的;卑鄙的
abjure 誓绝
abjure 声明放弃
ablation 消融,切除
ablation 冰雪消融
ablative 夺格
ablaze 燃烧的
able 有能力的
able 有能力的,能干的
Ableism 对残疾人的歧视
ablution 沐浴
ablution 洗身,沐浴
ablutions 净手礼
abnegate 放弃
abnegate 否认,放弃