barn的词源

英文词源

barn (n.)

Old English bereærn "barn," literally "barley house," from bere "barley" (see barley) + aern "house," metathesized from *rann, *rasn (cognates: Old Norse rann, Gothic razn "house," Old English rest "resting place;" sealtærn "saltworks").

Barley was not always the only crop grown as the data recovered at Bishopstone might suggest but it is always the most commonly represented, followed by wheat and then rye and oats. [C.J. Arnold, "An Archaeology of the Early Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms," 1988, p.36]

Another word for "barn" in Old English was beretun, "barley enclosure" (from tun "enclosure, house"), which accounts for the many Barton place names on the English map, and the common surname. Barn door used figuratively for "broad target" and "great size" since 1540s.

中文词源

barn（谷仓）：存放大麦的仓房

英语单词barn来自古英语bereærn，由bere（barley，大麦）和aern（house，房子）组成，字面意思就是“barley house”（存放大麦的仓房）。barley（大麦）是古代英国最普遍的农作物，与小麦的营养成分近似，但纤维素含量略高。大麦麦秆柔软，多用作牲畜铺草，也大量用作粗饲料。后来，随着农作物品种的丰富，barn一词的含义也随之丰富，可以表示存储各种农作物的仓库，还可以表示畜棚、车库等。

barn：[bɑrn] n.谷仓，畜棚，车库vt.把……存储入仓库

barley：['bɑrli]n.大麦

该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：barn 词源，barn 含义。

barn：谷仓

发音释义：[bɑːn] n. 谷仓；粮仓；牲口棚；仓库

词源解释：来自古英语bereærn，字面意思为“barley house”（存放大麦的库房），barley（大麦）是古代英国人最普遍的农作物。

词组习语：Lock the barn door after the horse is stolen（亡羊补牢）

barn：谷仓

来自古英语bareaern, 麦仓。bar, 大麦，同barley。aern, 屋子，仓库，词源同ransack, 被洗劫屋子的。

barn：谷仓

barn指“农村存放谷物用的仓库”，美国还常指“牲口棚”。这个仅有四个字母的词在古英语中则写作bereoern：bere意思是barely（大麦），oern即place（地方），因此，barn原来的字面含义是“存放大麦的地方”或“大麦仓”。