dire的词源

英文词源

dire

dire: see dinosaur

dire (adj.)

1560s, from Latin dirus "fearful, awful, boding ill," which is of unknown origin; perhaps from Oscan and Umbrian and perhaps cognate with Greek deinos, from PIE root *dwei-.

中文词源

dire：危急的

来自拉丁语dirus, 恐惧的，预兆不祥的，词源同dinosaur.

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