aplomb的词源

英文词源

aplomb

aplomb: [18] Originally, aplomb meant literally ‘quality of being perpendicular’. It was borrowed from French, where it was a lexicalization of the phrase à plomb ‘according to the plumb line’ (plomb came from Latin plumbum ‘lead’, also the ultimate source of English plumb, plumber, plumbago, and plummet). The notion of ‘uprightness’ gave rise in the 19th century to the metaphorical sense ‘composure’.
=> plumb, plumber, plummet

aplomb (n.)

"assurance, confidence," 1828, from French aplomb (16c.), literally "perpendicularity," from phrase à plomb "poised upright, balanced," literally "on the plumb line," from Latin plumbum "(the metal) lead" (see plumb (n.)), of which the weight at the end of the line was made.

中文词源

aplomb：沉着

发音释义：[ə'plɒm] n. 沉着；垂直；泰然自若

结构分析：aplomb = a（处于…状态）+ plomb（垂直）→处于垂直状态→不左右摇晃→沉着、泰然自若

词源解析：plomb←法语plomb（铅垂）←拉丁语plumb（铅垂）

同源词：plumb（垂直、铅垂），plumbing（水管←古罗马人用铅制造水管），plumber（水管工）

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aplomb：沉着

来自短语on plomb, 同plumb, 铅垂线。指沉着如铅垂线。