canary的词源
英文词源
- canary
- canary: [16] Small green finches (Serinus canarius) native to the Canary Islands were introduced as cage birds in England in the 16th century (the domestic breed is now for the most part yellow). They were called, naturally enough, canary birds, and by the mid 17th century this had become simply canary. The Canaries, a group of Spanish islands in the Atlantic off the northwest coast of Africa, got their name because one of them was famous in Roman times for a large breed of dog found there (Latin canārius ‘of dogs’ was a derivative of canís, source of English canine, chenille, and kennel and related to English hound).
=> canine, chenille, hound, kennel - canary (n.)
- type of small songbird, 1650s (short for Canary-bird, 1570s), from French canarie, from Spanish canario "canary bird," literally "of the Canary Islands," from Latin Insula Canaria "Canary Island," largest of the Fortunate Isles, literally "island of dogs" (canis, genitive canarius; see canine (n.)), so called because large dogs lived there. The name was extended to the whole island group (Canariæ Insulæ) by the time of Arnobius (c.300). As a type of wine (from the Canary Islands) from 1580s.
中文词源
canary(金丝雀):金丝雀的产地加那利群岛
加那利群岛(Canary Islands)位于非洲西北部的大西洋中,属于西班牙,是欧洲人常去的冬季度假胜地之一。
公元前40年,毛里塔尼亚国王尤巴二世派远征队到此,见其中一个岛上有许多躯体巨大的野狗,遂称该岛为Canaria,意为“狗岛”,因为在拉丁语中canis就是“狗”的意思。在英语中拼写为Canary,整个群岛被称为Canary islands。因为金丝雀的产地就在此群岛,所以金丝雀也被称为canary。由于金丝雀多为淡黄色,因此canary还可以表示“淡黄色”。
台湾著名女作家三毛与其西班牙丈夫荷西的家就坐落在加那利群岛中大加那利岛的首府拉斯帕尔马斯。
canary: [kə'neərɪ] n.金丝雀,淡黄色
该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版:canary 词源,canary 含义。
发音释义:[kə'neərɪ] n.金丝雀;淡黄色
词源解释:来自加那利群岛(Canary Islands)的名称。加那利群岛(Canary Islands)位于非洲西北部的大西洋中,属于西班牙,是欧洲人常去的冬季度假胜地之一。
公元前40年,毛里塔尼亚国王尤巴二世派远征队到此,见其中一个岛上有许多躯体巨大的野狗,遂称该岛为Canaria,意为“狗岛”,因为在拉丁语中canis就是“狗”的意思。在英语中拼写为Canary,整个群岛被称为Canary islands。因为金丝雀的产地就在此群岛,所以金丝雀也被称为canary。由于金丝雀多为淡黄色,因此canary还可以表示“淡黄色”。
台湾著名女作家三毛与其西班牙丈夫荷西的家就坐落在加那利群岛中大加那利岛的首府拉斯帕尔马斯。
来自拉丁词Insula Canaria, 狗岛(大西洋岛屿),词源同cynic,canine。因在该岛上首次发现而得名。
单词canine指“犬的”,来自拉丁语canis"狗",同源词如kennel(狗舍);公元前40年,毛里塔尼亚国王远征至大西洋一处群岛,见岛上有许多躯体巨大的狗,据此将该地命名为Canary Islands(加那利群岛),意为“狗岛”;金丝雀初由该群岛引入英国,由此得名。