bark的词源

英文词源

bark (n.1)

"tree skin," c. 1300, from a Scandinavian source akin to Old Norse borkr "bark," from Proto-Germanic *barkuz, which probably is related to birch and Low German borke. The native word was rind.

bark (n.2)

"any small ship," early 15c., from Middle French barque (15c.), from Late Latin barca (c. 400 C.E.), probably cognate with Vulgar Latin *barica (see barge). More precise sense of "three-masted ship" (17c.) often is spelled barque to distinguish it.

bark (v.)

in reference to a dog sound, Old English beorcan "to bark," from Proto-Germanic *berkan (cognates: Old Norse berkja "to bark"), of echoic origin. Related: Barked; barking. To bark up the wrong tree is U.S. colloquial, first attested 1832, from notion of hounds following the wrong scent.

bark (n.3)

dog sound, Old English beorc, from bark (v.). Paired and compared with bite (n.) since at least 1660s; the proverb is older: "Timid dogs bark worse than they bite" was in Latin (Canis timidus vehementius latrat quam mordet, Quintius Curtius).

中文词源

bark：狗吠、树皮

发音释义：[bɑːk] n. 树皮；狗吠声vi.（狗）吠；大声嚷；vt.厉声叫出

词源解释：bark（树皮）←古挪威语bork（小帆船）←原始日耳曼语barkuz，与birch（桦树）有关；bark（狗吠）←古英语beorcan（狗吠）←原始日耳曼语berkan（狗吠）

词组习语：bark up the wrong tree（攻击错了目标）；someone's bark is worse than their bite（刀子嘴豆腐心）

助记窍门：bark→谐音“扒壳”→扒下树的壳→树皮；bark→谐音“叭儿狗”→狗吠

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bark：树皮，狗吠

1.树皮，词源同birch, 白桦，白桦树皮通常用于写字。

2.狗吠，模仿狗叫的声音。

bark：吠叫，咆哮；吠声，狗叫声

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