insinuate的词源

英文词源

insinuate (v.)

1520s, from Latin insinuatus, past participle of insinuare "to throw in, push in, make a way; creep in, intrude, bring in by windings and curvings, wind one's way into," from in- "in" (see in- (2)) + sinuare "to wind, bend, curve," from sinus "a curve, winding" (see sinus). Sense of "to introduce tortuously or indirectly" is from 1640s. Related: Insinuated; insinuating; insinuatingly.

中文词源

insinuate：影射，旁敲侧击

in-,进入，使，-sin,弯曲，词源同sine,sinuous.引申词义影射，旁敲侧击。

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