bile的词源

英文词源

bile (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
1660s, from French bile (17c.) "bile," also, informally, "anger," from Latin bilis "fluid secreted by the liver," also one of the four humors (also known as choler), thus "anger, peevishness" (especially as black bile, 1797).

中文词源

bile:胆汁

发音释义:[baɪl] n.胆汁;愤怒

词源解释:来自拉丁语bilis(胆汁)

在希波克拉底的“体液学说”中,人体由血液、粘液、黄胆汁、黑胆汁这四种体液构成,其中黄、黑胆汁都能使人易怒,所以表示“胆汁”的单词bile在口语中还可以表示“愤怒”。

助记窍门:bile→谐音bear(熊)→活熊取胆汁,熊很愤怒→胆汁、愤怒

衍生词:bilious(胆汁的,坏脾气的)

该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版:bile 词源,bile 含义。

bile:胆汁

来自拉丁词bilis,同bladder, 胆囊。