nectar的词源

英文词源

nectar

nectar: [16] Nectar was originally the drink of the Greek gods, but soon after the word’s arrival in English it was being used metaphorically for any ‘delicious drink’. It comes via Latin nectar from Greek néktar, and it has been speculated that this may have been derived from the base *nek- ‘kill’ (source also of English necromancy), as some sort of allusion to the ‘immortality’ of the gods. Nectarine [17], the name of a sort of peach based on the now disused adjective nectarine ‘like nectar’, was probably inspired by German nektarpfirsich ‘nectar-peach’.

nectar (n.)

1550s, from Latin nectar, from Greek nektar, name of the drink of the gods, which is said to be a compound of nek- "death" (see necro-) + -tar "overcoming," from PIE *tere- (2) "to cross over, pass through, overcome" (see through). Meaning "sweet liquid in flowers" first recorded c. 1600.

中文词源

nectar（琼浆玉液）：希腊神话中众神的饮料

英语单词nectar来自希腊神话，是众神饮用的琼浆玉液。据说神仙们饮用后可以永葆美貌并长生不老。

nectar：['nektə] n.花蜜，甘露，琼浆玉液，神酒，美味的饮料

nectarous：['nektərəs] adj.甘美的，神酒似的

nectary：['nekt(ə)rɪ] n.（植物）蜜腺，蜜管

该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：nectar 词源，nectar 含义。

nectar：花蜜，桃汁

来自希腊语nektar, 仙肴，神仙的饮品，来自nek-,死亡，-tar,超越，词源同trans-.引申词义花蜜，桃汁。

nectar（花蜜）：希腊神话中众神的饮料

在希腊神话中，众神饮用的琼浆玉液叫做nektar，由nek-（死亡）和-tar（战胜）组成，字面意思就是“战胜死亡”，据说神仙们饮用后可以永葆美貌并长生不老。英语单词nectar就来来源于此。

nectar：['nektə] n.花蜜，甘露，琼浆玉液，神酒，美味的饮料

nectarous：['nektərəs] adj.甘美的，神酒似的

nectary：['nekt(ə)rɪ] n.（植物）蜜腺，蜜管