avalanche
英 ['?v?lɑ?n?]
美['?v?l?nt?]
- n. 雪崩
- vt. 雪崩
- vi. 崩塌
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詞態變化
復數:?avalanches;
助記提示
1. (出現了)老鼠攔車現象, 原來是雪崩了.
中文詞源
avalanche 雪崩
來自俗詞源。avaler, 向下，同valance, 掛布。-anche, 同后綴ance.
英文詞源
- avalanche
- avalanche: [18] Not surprisingly, avalanche originated in the Alps. The French dialect of Savoy, an area near the Italian border in the western Alps, had a term lavantse, apparently derived from a Vulgar Latin *labanca (whence Proven?al lavanca). Through association with the verb avaler ‘descend’ (see DOWN), this underwent metathesis (transposition of l and v) to produce in the Romansh language of Switzerland avalantze, which was borrowed into French as avalanche.
- avalanche (n.)
- 1763, from French avalanche (17c.), from Romansch (Swiss) avalantze "descent," altered (by metathesis of -l- and -v-, probably influenced by Old French avaler "to descend, go down") from Savoy dialect lavantse, from Proven?al lavanca "avalanche," perhaps from a pre-Latin Alpine language (the suffix -anca suggests Ligurian). As a verb, from 1872.
雙語例句
- 1. Khalil heard the thunder of an avalanche.
- 哈利勒聽到了雪崩傳來的轟隆聲。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. alpine villages destroyed in an avalanche
- 在一場雪崩中被摧毀的高山村莊
來自《權威詞典》
- 3. They were killed by an avalanche in the Swiss Alps.
- 他們在瑞士阿爾卑斯山的一次雪崩中罹難.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. Headquarters was swamped by an avalanche of applications for battle assignments.
- 請戰書像雪片似地飛向指揮部.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 5. He was swept away in an avalanche.
- 他在一次雪崩中被卷走了.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》