eunuch

英 ['ju?n?k] 美['j?n?k]

暢通詞匯

復數(shù):?eunuchs;

1. Greek ekhein "have, hold, keep, possess, continue" => ech-, och-, uch- , hect- => synechia, epoch, eunuch, hectic, hector.

eunuch 閹人，太監(jiān)

來自希臘語eunoukhos, 床邊侍者。來自eune, 床，詞源不詳，可能來自PIE*wen, 追尋，渴求，詞源同 Venus. -okh, 持，握，詞源同epoch, school. 后來用來指閹人，太監(jiān)。

eunuch: eunuch: [15] Eunuch has no etymological connection with ‘castration’. It is simply the fact that in former times male harem attendants in Oriental courts had their testicles removed, to ensure that they were not distracted from their work, that has led ultimately to the equation of eunuch with ‘castrated man’. Literally, the word means ‘bed-guard’; it comes via Latin from Greek eunoukhos, a compound formed from euné ‘bed’ and ékhein ‘have charge of, keep’.
eunuch (n.): "castrated man," late 14c., from Middle French eunuque and directly from Latin eunuchus, from Greek eunoukhos "castrated man," originally "guard of the bedchamber or harem," from euno-, comb. form of eune "bed," a word of unknown origin, + -okhos, from stem of ekhein "to have, hold" (see scheme (n.)).
Eunuches is he tat is i-gilded, and suche were somtyme i-made wardeynes of ladyes in Egipt. [John of Trevisa, translation of Higdon's Polychronicon, 1387]
Harem attendants in Oriental courts and under the Roman emperors were charged with important affairs of state. The Greek and Latin forms of the word were used in the sense "castrated man" in the Bible but also to translate Hebrew saris, which sometimes meant merely "palace official," in Septuagint and Vulgate, probably without an intended comment on the qualities of bureaucrats. Related: Eunuchal; eunuchry; eunuchize.

1. Most of them were led by the famous eunuch admiral Cheng - ho.: 大多數(shù)使團都是由著名的艦隊司令,宦官鄭和率領(lǐng)的.

2. Scholars scorn each other, culture the eunuch, flatters elegant, charming custom.: 文人相輕、文化太監(jiān) 、媚雅、媚俗.

3. He's a muscled, tattooed eunuch who's looking for a hidden Masonic pyramid.: 他是一個肌肉發(fā)達, 身上布滿紋身的閹人,正苦尋一座神秘的共濟會金字塔.

5. Visit China's Forbidden City -- as a virtual eunuch.: 隨虛擬太監(jiān)參觀中國紫禁城.