英语单词

mare是什么意思

mare

英 [meə] 美 [mɛr]
  • n. 母马;母驴;月球表面阴暗部
  • n. (Mare)人名;(意、芬、罗、波、塞)马蕾 (女名),马雷;(俄)玛勒;(英)梅尔

助记提示


1. ma(马) + re(阿姨) => 马中的阿姨是不是母的(女的)!
2. 马阿姨 => 马中的阿姨(母的).
3. 谐音“马儿”

中文词源


mare 母马,母驴

来自古英语mere,来自mearh的阴性格,来自Proto-Germanic*markhjon,来自PIE*mark,马。部分学者认为该词来自古高卢词源,也有部分学者认为该词最终来自汉藏语系,即ma,马。

mare 月海,月球表面阴暗部

缩写自lunar mare,月海,来自lunar,月亮的,mare,海,词源同marine.

mare 夜魔,梦淫妖

来自古英语mare,魔鬼,夜魔,梦淫妖,来自Proto-Germanic*maron,妖精,来自PIE*mer,伤害,致死,词源同mortal,murder.该词现仅见于nightmare,噩梦。

英文词源


mare
mare: see marshal
mare (n.1)
"female horse," Old English mere (Mercian), myre (West Saxon), fem. of mearh "horse," from Proto-Germanic *markhjon- (cognates: Old Saxon meriha, Old Norse merr, Old Frisian merrie, Dutch merrie, Old High German meriha, German Mähre "mare"), said to be of Gaulish origin (compare Irish and Gaelic marc, Welsh march, Breton marh "horse"). No known cognates beyond Germanic and Celtic. As the name of a throw in wrestling, it is attested from c. 1600. Mare's nest "illusory discovery, excitement over something which does not exist" is from 1610s.
mare (n.2)
"broad, dark areas of the moon," 1765, from Latin mare "sea" (see marine), applied to lunar features by Galileo and used thus in 17c. Latin works. They originally were thought to be actual seas.
mare (n.3)
"night-goblin, incubus," Old English mare "incubus, nightmare, monster," from mera, mære, from Proto-Germanic *maron "goblin" (cognates: Middle Low German mar, Middle Dutch mare, Old High German mara, German Mahr "incubus," Old Norse mara "nightmare, incubus"), from PIE *mora- "incubus" (cognates: first element in Old Irish Morrigain "demoness of the corpses," literally "queen of the nightmare," also Bulgarian, Serbian mora, Czech mura, Polish zmora "incubus;" French cauchemar, with first element from Old French caucher "to trample"), from root *mer- "to rub away, harm" (see morbid).

双语例句


1. The mare neighed once more, turned and disappeared amongst the trees.
母马又嘶鸣了一声,扭头消失在树林里。

来自柯林斯例句

2. The mare is due to foal today.
母马今天要下小马驹了。

来自柯林斯例句

3. He is currently starring in pantomime in Weston-super-Mare.
他目前正在滨海韦斯顿主演圣诞童话剧。

来自柯林斯例句

4. The mare has just thrown a foal in the stable.
那匹母马刚刚在马厩里产下了一只小马驹.

来自《简明英汉词典》

5. A mule is a cross between a mare and a donkey.
骡子是母马和公驴的杂交后代.

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

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