adore的词源

英文词源

adore

adore: see orator

adore (v.)

late 14c., aouren, "to worship, pay pine honors to, bow down before," from Old French aorer "to adore, worship, praise" (10c.), from Latin adorare "speak to formally, beseech, ask in prayer," in Late Latin "to worship," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + orare "speak formally, pray" (see orator). Meaning "to honor very highly" is attested from 1590s; weakened sense of "to be very fond of" emerged by 1880s. Related: Adored; adoring.

中文词源

adore：崇拜

发音释义：[ə'dɔr] vt. 崇拜；爱慕；喜爱；极喜欢vi. 崇拜；爱慕

结构分析：adore = ad（去）+ ore（祈祷）→向其祈祷→崇拜→爱慕

词源解释：ore←拉丁语orare（庄重地说、祈祷、恳求）

同源词： orate（演说），oration（演讲），oratory（雄辩），oracle（神谕），adorable（可爱的、值得崇拜的）

趣味记忆：（谐音）adore→阿杜→大家都“崇拜”他；（联想）ore→正在顶礼膜拜的小人

该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：adore 词源，adore 含义。

adore：爱慕

前缀ad-, 去，往。词根or, 嘴，见orator, 演说家。该词原带有宗教色彩，赞美神，崇拜神。后指爱慕女神。

adore：崇拜，爱慕 

词根词缀： ad-朝向 + -or-说 + -e → 不断去和一个人说话