auburn
英 ['??b?n; '??b??n]
美 ['?b?n]
- n. 赤褐色
- adj. 赤褐色的，赭色的
- n. (Auburn)人名；(英)奧伯恩
助記提示
1. from Medieval Latin alburnus "off-white, whitish," from Latin albus "white".
2. alb- + urn- => alburn- => auburn (al- => au-, 古法語引入時，發(fā)生的音變).
3. 該詞的含義發(fā)生了幾次變遷，雖然同樣是表顏色，但已經(jīng)完全脫離了其原始含義。
4. 含義變遷過程：off-white, whitish. => yellowish-white, flaxen (該詞最初引入英語時的含義). => reddish-brown (受brown的影響，其含義演變成了如今的含義).
中文詞源
auburn 紅褐色的來自詞根alb, 白色的，見albumen,蛋白。字母l弱化成u, 詞義受brown影響。
英文詞源
- auburn
- auburn: [15] The colour of auburn has changed over the centuries. The word comes originally from Latin albus ‘white’ (whence English album, albino, alb, albedo, and albion), from which was derived in medieval Latin alburnus ‘off-white’. This passed via Old French alborne, auborne into English, still meaning ‘yellowishwhite’. From the 15th to the 17th century it was often spelled abrun or abrown, and it seems likely that its similarity to brown led to its gradual shift in meaning to ‘golden-brown’ or ‘reddish-brown’ over the centuries.
=> albino, album - auburn (n.)
- early 15c., from Old French auborne, from Medieval Latin alburnus "off-white, whitish," from Latin albus "white" (see alb). It came to English meaning "yellowish-white, flaxen," but shifted 16c. to "reddish-brown" under influence of Middle English brun "brown," which also changed the spelling.
雙語例句
- 1. She had a mass of auburn hair.
- 她有一頭濃密的棕發(fā)。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. She shook her mane of auburn hair.
- 她甩動她紅褐色的長發(fā).
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. Her stylishly short auburn hair was streaked naturally with gray.
- 她時髦的金棕色短發(fā)里自然地夾著幾絲灰發(fā).
來自辭典例句
- 4. Clyde was removed to Auburn.
- 克萊德就要被移解到奧本去.
來自辭典例句
- 5. Auburn government and its citizens all made great contributions to it.
- 奧本市政廳和奧本市民也都有出色的貢獻.
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