embrace

英 [?m'bre?s; em-] 美[?m'bres]

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第三人稱單數:?embraces;過去式:?embraced;過去分詞:?embraced;現在分詞:?embracing;

embrace 擁抱

em-, 進入，使。brace, 胳膊，箍子。

embrace: embrace: [14] To embrace someone is literally to ‘put your arms round’ them. It comes via Old French from Vulgar Latin *imbracchiāre, a compound verb formed from the prefix in- ‘in’ and Latin bracchium ‘arm’ (ultimate source of English brace, bracelet, and bra, and of French bras ‘arm’). The transferred sense ‘include’ developed in the 17th century (a course also taken by modern French embrasser, whose original ‘clasp in the arms’ has moved on to ‘kiss’ in response to the progression of baiser from ‘kiss’ to ‘have sex with’).
=> bra, brace, bracelet
embrace (v.): mid-14c., "clasp in the arms," from Old French embracier (12c., Modern French embrasser) "clasp in the arms, enclose; covet, handle, cope with," from assimilated form of en- "in" (see en- (1)) + brace, braz "the arms," from Latin bracchium (neuter plural brachia); see brace (n.). Related: Embraced; embracing; embraceable. Replaced Old English clyppan (see clip (v.2)), also f?em (see fathom (v.)). Sexual sense is from 1590s.
embrace (n.): "a hug," 1590s, from embrace (v.). Earlier noun was embracing (late 14c.). Middle English embrace (n.) meant "bribery."

2. She broke loose from his embrace and crossed to the window.: 她從他懷抱里掙脫出來，走到窗前。

3. John gently disengaged himself from his sister's tearful embrace.: 約翰輕輕推開抱著他哭泣的妹妹。

4. The marriage signalled James's embrace of the Catholic faith.: 這樁婚姻標志著詹姆斯皈依了天主教.

5. They'll be ready to embrace the new technology when it arrives.: 他們隨時準備迎接新技術的問世。