asphyxia的词源
英文词源
- asphyxia (n.)
- 1706, "stoppage of pulse, absence of pulse," from Modern Latin, from Greek asphyxia "stopping of the pulse," from a- "not" (see a- (3)) + sphyzein "to throb." Obsolete in its original sense; the transferred sense of "suffocation" is from 1778, but it is a "curious infelicity of etymology" [OED] because victims of suffocation have a pulse for some time after breathing has stopped.
中文词源
发音释义:[əs'fɪksɪə] n. 窒息
结构分析:asphyxia = a(没有)+sphyx(脉搏)+ia(名词后缀)→没有脉搏→窒息
词源解释:sphyx←希腊语sphyzein(脉搏跳动)
背景知识:asphyxia原本是个医学术语,表示“脉搏停止跳动”,18世纪下半叶后词义转变为“窒息”。其实这是一个错误,因为窒息而死的人在呼吸停止后一段时间内还有脉搏。
衍生词:asphyxiate(窒息、使窒息);asphyxiation(窒息)
该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版:asphyxia 词源,asphyxia 含义。
前缀a-,不,没有。词根sphygmo, 脉膊。古医学认为窒息而死脉膊将随之停止,但现已证实这种观念是错误的(市场买的鱼剖腹后一小时内仍能突然悸动)。