1. 櫻桃還有一個俗稱叫“車?yán)遄印保嚴(yán)遄泳褪怯⒄Z單詞cherry(櫻桃)的音譯，它們在臺灣、廣東及香港被直譯做“車?yán)遄印?。但它不是指個小色紅皮薄的中國櫻桃，而是產(chǎn)于美國、加拿大、智利等美洲國家的個大皮厚的進(jìn)口櫻桃。中國目前也有車?yán)遄庸麡涞囊N，不過還沒有形成規(guī)模。（櫻桃的英文名叫cherry，即“車?yán)濉?，櫻桃果就翻譯作“車?yán)遄印保?/div>
中文詞源
cherry 櫻桃來自拉丁詞cerasus,櫻桃，詞源同cerise。
英文詞源
- cherry
- cherry: [14] Cherry comes ultimately from Greek kerasós ‘cherry tree’, which in Latin became cerasus. This was borrowed into the Germanic languages in prehistoric times, producing, as well as German kirsche, Old English ciris ‘cherry’, which died out in the 11th century. In Vulgar Latin, meanwhile, cerasus had become ceresia, which passed into Old Northern French as cherise (source of modern French cerise). When it was borrowed into English, its -s ending was misinterpreted as indicating plurality, so a ‘new’ singular cherry was created.
- cherry (n.)
- c. 1300, earlier in surname Chyrimuth (1266, literally "Cherry-mouth"); from Anglo-French cherise, from Old North French cherise (Old French, Modern French cerise, 12c.), from Vulgar Latin *ceresia, from late Greek kerasian "cherry," from Greek kerasos "cherry tree," possibly from a language of Asia Minor. Mistaken in Middle English for a plural and stripped of its -s (compare pea).
Old English had ciris "cherry" from a West Germanic borrowing of the Vulgar Latin word (cognate with German Kirsch), but it died out after the Norman invasion and was replaced by the French word. Meaning "maidenhead, virginity" is from 1889, U.S. slang, from supposed resemblance to the hymen, but perhaps also from the long-time use of cherries as a symbol of the fleeting quality of life's pleasures.
雙語例句
- 1. The cherry blossom came out early in Washington this year.
- 今年華盛頓的櫻花開得很早。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. It's lovely in the spring when the cherry blossom is out.
- 春天櫻花開放,十分美麗.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. Mrs. Cherry seems altogether weighed down by her work plus parenthood.
- 徹里夫人似乎被她的工作和母親的責(zé)任累壞了.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. The boy made a switch from the branch of a cherry tree.
- 這個男孩用櫻桃樹枝做了一條鞭子.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. The cherry trees cast all their blossoms after the storm.
- 風(fēng)暴過后,櫻花全部落掉.
來自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》