embark的词源

英文词源

embark

embark: [16] To embark is literally to ‘put or get on to a boat’ – or more specifically a barque [15] (a word acquired ultimately from late Latin barca, which is probably related to English barge). Its immediate French ancestor, barque, formed the basis of a compound verb embarquer, borrowed by English as embark. The antonym disembark also dates from the 16th century.
=> barge, barque

embark (v.)

1540s (transitive); 1570s (intransitive), from Middle French embarquer, from assimilated form of en- "in" (see en- (1)) + barque "small ship" (see bark (n.)). Related: Embarked; embarking.

中文词源

embark（着手）：用木头做成的小船

英语单词embark由em（in）+bark（树皮）构成，bark一词由“树皮”引申为“木头”，由于古代用木头制造小船，因此bark在此表示“用木头做成的小船”，因此embark的字面意思就是in ship（在船上）。当人们跳入船中时，也就是船开始航行之际，因此embark又引申出“开始，着手”的意思。

embark： [ɪm'bɑrk] vi.从事，着手，上船或上飞机vt.使从事，从上船

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embark：上船

em-, 进入，使。bark, 船，驳船，同barge。