meander的词源
英文词源
- meander
- meander: [16] The word meander comes from the name of an actual river, the Maeander (now known as the Büyük Menderes), which flows through Turkey into the Aegean sea. It was famous in ancient times for its winding course, and so Greek maíandros came to be used as a generic term for ‘winding course’. The word passed into English via Latin maeander, and was turned into a verb in the 17th century.
- meander (n.)
- 1570s, "confusion, intricacies," from Latin meander "a winding course," from Greek Maiandros, name of a river in Caria noted for its winding course (the Greeks used the name figuratively for winding patterns). In reference to river courses, in English, from 1590s. Adjectival forms are meandrine (1846); meandrous (1650s).
- meander (v.)
- "flow in a winding course" (of rivers), 1610s, from meander (n.). Of a person, "to wander aimlessly" (1831), originally of persons traveling on a river (1821), perhaps influenced by confusion with maunder [OED]. Related: Meandered; meandering.
中文词源
来自拉丁语meander,蜿蜒的水道，来自希腊语Maiandros,河流名，位于现土耳其境内。由于这条河流非常曲折，因此，引申词义蜿蜒，闲逛，散步等。该河流名字面意思可能为伟大的男人或善变的男人，来自andro-,男人，词源同android,mai-,伟大的，词源同magnate,或善变的，词源同mutable.
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