capillary的词源

英文词源

capillary

capillary: see dishevelled

capillary (adj.)

1650s, "of or pertaining to the hair," from Latin capillaris "of hair," from capillus "hair" (of the head); perhaps related to caput "head" (but de Vaan finds this "difficult on the formal side" and "far from compelling, since capillus is a diminutive, and would mean 'little head', which hardly amounts to 'hair'"). Borrowed earlier as capillar (14c.). Meaning "taking place in capillary vessels" is from 1809. Capillary attraction attested from 1813. As a noun, "capillary blood vessel," from 1660s.

中文词源

capillary：毛细管

发音释义：[kə'pɪlərɪ] n.毛细管adj.毛细管的；毛发的

结构分析：capillary = capill（头发）+ary（形容词后缀）→毛发的→毛细管

词源解释：capill←拉丁语capillus（头发）←拉丁语caput（头）

词组习语：capillary vessel（毛细血管）；capillary tube（毛细管）；capillary action（毛细管作用）

助记窍门：capill→cap（头）+ill（想象为三根头发）→头发

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capillary：毛细血管

来自词根cap, 头。-ille, 小词后缀。原指头上的细长毛发，后指毛细血管。