fem. proper name (c. 1300), from Old French Margaret (French Marguerite), from Late Latin Margarita, female name, literally "pearl," from Greek margarites (lithos) "pearl," of unknown origin, "probably adopted from some Oriental language" [OED]; compare Sanskrit manjari "cluster of flowers," also said by Indian linguists to mean "pearl," cognate with manju "beautiful." Arabic marjan probably is from Greek, via Syraic marganitha. The word was widely perverted in Germanic languages by folk-etymology, for example Old English meregrot, which has been altered to mean literally "sea-pebble."
雙語例句
1. Prime candidate to take over his job is Margaret Ramsay.
接替他工作的首要人選是瑪格麗特·拉姆齊。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Margaret was always mischievous and set on her own individual course.
瑪格麗特總是調(diào)皮搗亂，而且一意孤行。
來自柯林斯例句
3. Princess Margaret toned with her in a turquoise print dress.
瑪格麗特公主那條青綠色的印花裙子與她很相配。
來自柯林斯例句
4. Margaret resides with her invalid mother in a London suburb.
瑪格麗特同她病弱的母親住在倫敦郊區(qū)。
來自柯林斯例句
5. Princess Margaret is divorced from Lord Snowdon.