hiatus的词源

英文词源

hiatus

hiatus: see yawn

hiatus (n.)

1560s, "break or opening in a material object," from Latin hiatus "opening, aperture, rupture, gap," from past participle stem of hiare "to gape, stand open" (see yawn (v.)). Sense of "gap or interruption in events, etc." is first recorded 1610s.

中文词源

hiatus：间隔，空隙

来自拉丁语hiere,张口，呵气，来自PIE*ghai,呵气，词源同gas,chaos,gap.引申词义张开的嘴，间隔，空隙。

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