trapezoid的词源

英文词源

trapezoid (n.): 1706, "a trapezium," from Modern Latin trapezoides, from Late Greek trapezoeides, noun use by Euclid of Greek trapezoeides "trapezium-shaped," from trapeza, literally "table" (see trapezium), + -oeides "shaped" (see -oid). Technically, a plane four-sided figure with no two sides parallel. But in English since c. 1800, often confused with trapezium in its sense of "a quadrilateral figure having only sides parallel and two not."

trapezium,梯形，-oid,类。这两个词在英美文化中使用不同，经常混淆，现在基本上互通。

该词的英语词源请访问找单词词源英文版：trapezoid 词源，trapezoid 含义。