exchange: [14] Like change, exchange comes ultimately from Latin cambīre ‘barter’. In postclassical times this had the prefix ex- added to it, here functioning as an indicator of ‘change’, producing late Latin *excambiāre. In Old French this became eschangier (whence modern French échanger), which English acquired via Anglo- Norman eschaunge. A 15th-century reversion to the original Latin spelling of the prefix produced modern English exchange. => change
exchange (n.)
late 14c., "act of reciprocal giving and receiving," from Anglo-French eschaunge, Old French eschange (Modern French échange), from Late Latin excambium, from excambiare, from Latin ex- "out" (see ex-) + cambire "barter" (see change (v.)). Practice of merchants or lenders meeting to exchange bills of debt led to meaning "building for mercantile business" (1580s).
exchange (v.)
late 15c., from Old French eschangier "exchange, barter" (Modern French échanger), from Vulgar Latin *excambiare (source of Italian scambiare); see exchange (n.). Related: Exchanged; exchanging.
雙語例句
1. This could intensify the risk of a nuclear exchange.
這可能會加劇爆發核戰爭的危險。
來自柯林斯例句
2. During the turmoil in the foreign-exchange markets the guilder remained strong.
荷蘭盾在外匯交易市場的動蕩中保持堅挺。
來自柯林斯例句
3. They exchange traveller's cheques at a different rate from notes.
他們兌換旅行支票時依據的匯率跟兌換現鈔時不同。
來自柯林斯例句
4. I'm going to go on an exchange visit to Paris.
我將到巴黎交流參觀。
來自柯林斯例句
5. He ruled out any exchange of prisoners with the militants.