shallow的词源

英文词源

shallow (adj.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
c. 1400, schalowe "not deep," probably from or related to Old English sceald (see shoal (n.)). Of breathing, attested from 1875; of thought or feeling, "superficial," first recorded 1580s. The noun, usually shallows, is first recorded 1570s, from the adjective.

中文词源

shallow:浅的,浅薄的

来自古英语 sceald,浅的,来自 Proto-Germanic*skalaz,晒干的,浅的,来自 PIE*skel,使变干, 可能来自 PIE*skai,照耀,照射,词源同 shine,sheen.引申比喻义浅薄的。

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