rib的词源
英文词源
- rib
- rib: [OE] Rib is a widespread Germanic word, which goes back to a prehistoric *rebjō, source also of German rippe, Dutch rib, Swedish ribba ‘lath’, etc. Its Old Norse form rif is the ancestor of English reef. Outside Germanic it is related to Russian rebro ‘rib’.
=> reef - rib (n.)
- Old English ribb "rib," from Proto-Germanic *rebja- (cognates: Old Norse rif, Old Saxon ribbi, Old Frisian ribb, Middle Dutch, Dutch ribbe, Old High German ribba, German Rippe), literally "a covering" (of the cavity of the chest), from PIE *rebh- "to roof, cover" (cognates: Greek ereptein "to roof," Old Church Slavonic rebro "rib, reef"). As an item of food from early 15c. Rib joint "brothel" is slang from 1943, probably in reference to Adam's rib (compare rib "woman, wife," attested from 1580s).
- rib (v.)
- "tease, fool," 1930, apparently from rib (n.); perhaps as a figurative suggestion of poking someone in the ribs. Related: Ribbed; ribbing.
中文词源
rib：肋骨，排骨，棱纹
来自古英语 ribb,肋骨，来自 Proto-Germanic*rebja,肋骨，来自 PIE*rebh,覆盖，屋顶，词源同 reef.引申词义排骨，棱纹等。
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rib：肋骨，排骨，棱纹
来自古英语 ribb,肋骨，来自 Proto-Germanic*rebja,肋骨，来自 PIE*rebh,覆盖，屋顶，词源同 reef.引申词义排骨，棱纹等。
可能来自 rib,肋骨。比喻用法，捅别人的肋骨以逗乐。
