marrow
英['mærəʊ]
美['mæro]
- n. 髓，骨髓；精华；活力
- n. (Marrow)人名；(英)马罗
词态变化
复数: marrows;
助记提示
1. 形近词：marrow, barrow, harrow, farrow, narrow, sparrow.
2. harrow => h-: harvest, harry.
3. farrow => f-: pork.
4. barrow => b-: bear.
5. 这契合了马秉义提出的首辅音表词类含义的理论，其后的元音及辅音的音变、变化导致含义的分化、细化。
4. m + arrow => 妈妈中箭，被箭射中，箭头深入骨髓。
中文词源
marrow 骨髓，西葫芦
来自古英语mearg,来自Proto-Germanic*mazga,来自PIE*mozgo,骨髓。后引申词义精髓。西葫芦义词源不详。
英文词源
- marrow (n.)
- late 14c., from Old English mearg "marrow," earlier mærh, from Proto-Germanic *mazga- (cognates: Old Norse mergr, Old Saxon marg, Old Frisian merg, Middle Dutch march, Dutch merg, Old High German marg, German Mark "marrow"), from PIE *mozgo- "marrow" (cognates: Sanskrit majjan-, Avestan mazga- "marrow," Old Church Slavonic mozgu, Lithuanian smagenes "brain"). Figurative sense of "inmost or central part" is attested from c. 1400.
双语例句
- 1. Our bone marrow contains fat in the form of small globules.
- 我们的骨髓中含有小球状的脂肪。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Ask the butcher for soup bones (marrow bones are best).
- 跟肉铺老板要煲汤用的骨头（最好是髓骨）。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. The very thought of it chilled me to the marrow.
- 一想到这个我就不寒而栗。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. There are 2,000 children worldwide who need a bone marrow transplant.
- 全世界有2,000名儿童需要骨髓移植。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. Cut a marrow in half and scoop out the seeds.
- 把一个西葫芦切成两半，挖出种子。
来自柯林斯例句