audience的词源

英文词源

audience (n.)

late 14c., "the action of hearing," from Old French audience, from Latin audentia "a hearing, listening," from audientum (nominative audiens), present participle of audire "to hear," from PIE compound *au-dh- "to perceive physically, grasp," from root *au- "to perceive" (cognates: Greek aisthanesthai "to feel;" Sanskrit avih, Avestan avish "openly, evidently;" Old Church Slavonic javiti "to reveal"). Meaning "formal hearing or reception" is from late 14c.; that of "persons within hearing range, assembly of listeners" is from early 15c. (French audience retains only the older senses). Sense transferred 1855 to "readers of a book." Audience-participation (adj.) first recorded 1940.

中文词源

audience：听众、观众

发音释义：['ɔːdɪəns] n. 观众；听众；读者；受众

结构分析：audience = audi（听见）+ence（名词后缀）→听众

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

audience：听众，观众

词根词缀： -audi-听 + -ence名词词尾

audience：听众

来自audible,听得见的，-ence,名词后缀。