tsunami的词源

英文词源

tsunamiyoudaoicibaDictYouDict
tsunami: [19] Japanese tsunami means literally ‘harbour waves’, a reference to the devastating effect Pacific tsunamis have had on Japanese coastal communities. For most of the 20th century the term was largely restricted to the specialized vocabulary of oceanographers and earth scientists, lay people preferring the more familiar tidal wave (a misnomer: strictly speaking, a tidal wave is one caused by the movement of the tide, whereas a tsunami is specifically generated by an undersea earthquake), but the disastrous inundation of southern Asian coasts at the end of 2004 lodged it firmly in the language’s everyday lexicon.
tsunami (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
1896, in reference to the one that struck Japan that year on June 15, from Japanese tsunami, from tsu "harbor" + nami "waves."

中文词源

tsunami:海啸

该词来源于日语tsunami,其字面意思是“港口的波浪”,在日语汉字中书写为“津波”。日语tsu的意思是“海港、港口”,也就是日语汉字的“津”,日语nami的意思是“波浪”,所以合在一起的意思就是“港口的波浪”。

1946年阿留申群岛发生地震的时候,当地的日本移民说的“tsunami”这个词就在夏威夷被使用了,再由于在美国被广泛使用了之后,“tsunami(津波)”这个词就被国际化了。

尽管在英语中表示“津波”这个意思的说法有“tidal wave”,但是“tsunami”这个词也在被使用。原因不光是上面讲的,还有就是“tidal wave”中的“tidal”是海潮的意思,而“津波”所表达的现象不是有潮汐所引起的。

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tsunami:海啸

来自日语tsunami,可能为日式汉语,来自tsu,津,nami,波。字面意思即吹向港口的大波浪,即海啸。

tsunami:海啸

来自日语 tsunami,可能为日式汉语,来自 tsu,津,nami,波。字面意思即吹向港口的大波浪, 即海啸。