upside-down的词源
英文词源
No matching word found in the dictionary.
Word of Random
- term
- term: [13] The etymological notion underlying the word term is of a ‘limit’ or ‘boundary’, and hence of an ‘end’. It comes via Old French terme from Latin terminus ‘boundary, limit’, which was also borrowed into Welsh as terfyn ‘boundary’ and directly into English in the 17th century as terminus ‘finishing point’ (it was first applied to railway stations in the 1830s).
The notion of a ‘time limit’ led to its use for a ‘period of time’, the sense in which it was first used in English; the particular application to a ‘period in which a school, law court, etc is in session’ emerged in the mid 15th century. The sense ‘word or phrase expressing a particular idea’ arose (through Greek influence) in medieval Latin from the concept of ‘limiting’ the application of an expression.
Also from Latin terminus come English determine, exterminate [16], terminal [15], terminate [16], and terminology [19].
=> determine, exterminate, terminology, terminus
中文词源
这个复合词在14世纪时原作 up so down ，意思是 ' set up so that the upper part is underneath,or down ',可见之于14世纪初英国传奇故事《七位哲人》（The Seven Sages）：“The cradel and child thai found up so down upon the ground.”由于其中的so 意义不太明确，以后up so down 逐渐演化为upsadown 和upsedown ,最后又演变成 upside-down 这一形式，这样从结构上来看，该单词就变得有意义了，仍用以表示“颠倒的”或用于喻义“乱七八糟的”。
该词的英语词源请访问找单词词源英文版：upside-down 词源，upside-down 含义。
