cirrus的词源

英文词源

cirrus (n.)

1708, "curl-like fringe or tuft," from Latin cirrus "a lock of hair, tendril, curl, ringlet of hair; the fringe of a garment." In meteorology, cirrus clouds attested from 1803. So called from fancied resemblance of shape.

中文词源

cirrus：卷积云

来自PIE*sker,转，弯，词源同ring,curly.因其卷形形状而得名。

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