divers
英 ['da?v?z]
美 ['da?v?z]
- adj. 不同種類的,各式各樣的
- n. (Divers)人名;(英)戴弗斯;(法)迪韋爾
助記提示
1、di- "apart" + vers-.
2、含義:turn to different ways, turn to many or various by separate or apart.
3、該詞在拉丁語(yǔ)中其實(shí)就是divert的過(guò)去分詞,也就是說(shuō)它來(lái)源于divert的拉丁語(yǔ)對(duì)應(yīng)詞的過(guò)去分詞。由此取形容詞詞性并引申出如今的含義。
英文詞源
- divers (adj.)
- mid-13c., "not alike" (sense now in diverse); late 13c., "separate, distinct; various," from Old French divers (11c.) "different, various, singular, odd, exceptional, wretched, treacherous, perverse," from Latin diversus "turned different ways," in Late Latin "various," past participle of divertere (see divert).
Sense of "several, numerous" is recorded from c. 1300, referring "originally and in form to the variety of objects; but, as variety implies number, becoming an indefinite numeral word expressing multiplicity" [OED], a sense that emerged by c. 1400.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. Coastguards had given up all hope of finding the two divers alive.
- 海岸警衛(wèi)隊(duì)對(duì)兩位潛水員生還已完全不抱希望。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 2. They wanted to get certified as divers.
- 他們想拿到潛水員資格證。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 3. Two divers work together while a standby diver remains on the surface.
- 兩名潛水員協(xié)同工作,同時(shí)有一名候補(bǔ)潛水員留在水面上.
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- 4. Lead weights and air cylinders encumbered the divers as they walked to the shore.
- 潛水員向海岸走去時(shí),鉛墜和氧氣罐使他們步履維艱。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 5. At the championships more promising divers are expected to come to the fore.
- 在這次比賽中,估計(jì)將會(huì)涌現(xiàn)更多優(yōu)秀的跳水運(yùn)動(dòng)員.
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》