medusa的词源
英文词源
- medusa (n.)




- "jellyfish," 1758, as genus name, from the name of one of the three Gorgons with snakes for hair, whose glance turned to stone him who looked upon it (attested in English from late 14c.). Her name is from Greek Medousa, literally "guardian," fem. present participle of the verb medein "to protect, rule over" (see Medea). The zoological name was chosen by Linnæus, suggested by the creature's long tentacles. Related: Medusoid.
中文词源
来自希腊语Medousa,古希腊神话中的戈耳工女妖,是三个长有尖牙,头上长有大量毒蛇作头发的恐怖女妖,后瑞典生物学家林奈借用该希腊词来指水母,因水母触角形似一条条毒蛇。其字面意思为守护者,来自希腊语medein,保护,看管,来自PIE*med,测量,考虑,采取手段,词源同measure,meditate.
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