trait的词源

英文词源

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trait: see trace
trait (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
late 15c., "shot, missiles;" later "a stroke in drawing, a short line" (1580s), from Middle French trait "line, stroke, feature, tract," from Latin tractus "drawing, drawing out, dragging, pulling," later "line drawn, feature," from past participle stem of trahere "to pull, draw" (see tract (n.1)). Sense of "particular feature, distinguishing quality" in English is first recorded 1752.

中文词源

trait:人的个性,显著的特点,特征 

-tract-拉,引 → trait

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trait:特征,特点

来自中古法语 trait,线条,轮廓,特征,来自拉丁语 tractus,描绘,勾勒,来自 trahere,拖,拉, 使移动,词源同 drag,tract.引申词义人的特征,特点等。拼写比较 portrait,protract.