leviathan的词源

英文词源

leviathan (n.)

late 14c., "sea monster, sea serpent," also regarded as a form of Satan, from Late Latin leviathan, from Hebrew livyathan "dragon, serpent, huge sea animal," of unknown origin, perhaps related to liwyah "wreath," from root l-w-h- "to wind, turn, twist." Of powerful persons or things from c. 1600. Hobbes's use is from 1651.

中文词源

leviathan：利维坦（圣经中的怪物）

来自希伯来语livyathan，龙，蛇，海怪。

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