search的词源

英文词源

search: search: [14] Etymologically, search denotes ‘going round in a circle’ – for its ultimate source is Latin circus ‘circle’ (source of English circle and circus). From this was derived the verb circāre ‘go round’, which by the time it had reached Old French as cerchier had acquired connotations of ‘examining’ or ‘exploring’. English took it over via Anglo-Norman sercher. (It is no relation, incidentally, to English seek.)
=> circle, circus
search (v.): c. 1300, from Old French cerchier "to search" (12c., Modern French chercher), from Latin circare "go about, wander, traverse," in Late Latin "to wander hither and thither," from circus "circle" (see circus). Phrase search me as a verbal shrug of ignorance first recorded 1901. Search engine attested from 1988. Search and destroy as a modifier is 1966, American English, from the Vietnam War. Search and rescue is from 1944.
search (n.): c. 1400, "act of searching;" early 15c., "right to investigate illegal activity; examination of records, wills, etc.; a search through an area or a place," from Anglo-French serche, Old French cerche, from cerchier (see search (v.)). Search warrant attested from 1739.

鹰在空中搜寻猎物时，会在空中盘旋飞行。在拉丁语中，鹰的这种来回盘旋被称为circare，来自名词circus（circle，循环、盘旋）。英语单词search就来源于此。由于鹰的来回盘旋是为了搜索猎物，所以search一词便产生了“搜索”的含义。

　　search：n.v.搜索，搜寻，探究，搜查

　　research：n.v.反复搜索，调查，研究

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来自古法语 cerchier,搜查，搜索，来自拉丁语 circare,搜查，绕圈，来自 circus,圈，环，词源同 circus,recherche.