amplify的词源

英文词源

amplify (v.)

early 15c., "to enlarge or expand," from Middle French amplifier, from Latin amplificare "to enlarge," from amplificus "splendid," from amplus "large" (see ample) + the root of facere "to make, do" (see factitious). Meaning "augment in volume or amount" is from 1570s. Restriction of use to sound seems to have emerged in the electronic age, c. 1915, in reference to radio technology.

中文词源

amplify：放大

发音释义：['æmplɪfaɪ] vt.放大，扩大；增强；详述vi. 详述

结构分析：amplify = ampl（e）+ify（动词后缀）→放大

该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：amplify 词源，amplify 含义。

amplify：放大，增大，扩充，增强

来源于拉丁语amplus(大的,宽的)派生的拉丁语动词amplificare或古法语动词amplifier。

词根词缀： -ampl-大,宽 + -ify动词词尾

词义辨异：amplify指音量或电流的增大例如： to amplify an electrical signal 增强电子信号expand指范围或体积的膨胀扩张例如： Iron expands when it is heated. 铁受热膨胀。extend指长度在一个方向上的延伸例如： to extend a railway 扩建铁路enlarge指尺寸,空间的增大 例如： to enlarge a photograph 放大一张照片