acrobat的词源
英文词源
- acrobat
- acrobat: [19] The Greek adjective ákros meant ‘topmost, at the tip or extremity’ (it derives ultimately from the Indo-European base *akmeaning ‘be pointed or sharp’, which also gave rise to acid, acute, oxygen, and edge). It crops up in acrophobia ‘fear of heights’; in acropolis ‘citadel’, literally ‘upper city’; in acromegaly ‘unnaturally enlarged condition of the hands, feet, and face’, literally ‘large extremities’; and in acronym, literally ‘word formed from the tips of words’. Acrobat itself means literally ‘walking on tiptoe’.
The -bat morpheme comes from Greek baínein ‘walk’, which is closely related to basis and base, and is also connected with come. Akrobátēs existed as a term in Greek, and reached English via French acrobate.
=> acid, acute, edge, oxygen - acrobat (n.)
- 1825, from French acrobate (14c.), "tightrope-walker," and directly from Greek akrobates "rope dancer, gymnastic performer," which is related to akrobatos "going on tip-toe, climbing up high," from akros "topmost, at the point end" (see acrid) + stem of bainein "walk, go" (see come).
中文词源
高空走绳索等杂技表演在古希腊就早已有之，希腊语用akrobates来表示这些高空走绳索的演员，字面意思是“在高空行走的人”。其中，akro来自akros（顶端、最高点），英语词根acro（高空）也来源于此；bates表示“行走者”。英语单词acrobat（杂技）正是从此而来，并随着杂技表演形式的丰富，词义扩展为表示各种杂技表演。
acrophobia： [,ækrə'fəʊbɪə] n.高空恐惧症。记：acro高空+phobia恐惧症
acrobat：['ækrəbæt] n.杂技演员，特技演员
acrobatic： [ækrə'bætɪk] adj.杂技的，特技的
该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：acrobat 词源，acrobat 含义。
发音释义：['ækrəbæt] n. 杂技演员，特技演员；随机应变者；翻云覆雨者，善变者
结构分析：acrobat = acro（高处) +bat（行走）→在高处行走的→走钢索的→杂技演员
词源解释：acro←希腊语akro（高处）←原始印欧语akri（尖的）←原始印欧词根ak（尖、顶）；bat←希腊语bates←希腊语bainein（行走）
背景知识：高空走钢索这样的杂技表演在古希腊历史中就已经出现，希腊语称其为akrobates，字面意思就是“高空行走者”、或“用脚尖行走者”。后来演变为对杂技演员的统称。
同源词：acrid（辛辣的），acrimonious（尖酸刻薄的），acrobat（杂技演员）
来自词根acer, 尖的，高的。-bat, 走，同vent,走，见advent,来临。-t,过去分词格。指走高空钢丝的杂技演员，后统指杂技演员。
acrobat 杂技演员
该词源于希腊语akrobatos,其字面意思为walking on tiptoe（踮着脚尖走），原指昔时杂技演员表演的走绳索等空中特技。走绳索在古希腊即已有之。acrobat一词在19世纪指“走绳索者”，现泛指“杂技演员”。
来源于希腊语akrobatos((踮着脚走,在脚尖上走)。
词根词缀： -acr-尖→高 + -o- + -bat走
