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lime是什么意思

lime

英 [la?m] 美 [la?m]

n. 石灰；酸橙；綠黃色
vt. 撒石灰于；涂粘鳥膠于
adj. 綠黃色的
n. (Lime)人名；(法)利姆

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1. limb <===> lamb.
2. limp <===> lamp.
3. lime <===> lame.

中文詞源

lime 石灰

來(lái)自拉丁語(yǔ)limus,污泥，黏質(zhì)物，來(lái)自PIE*slei,黏的，滑的，詞源同slime,delete,liniment.引申詞義涂沫，石灰。

lime 酸橙

來(lái)自波斯語(yǔ)limun,檸檬，桔類，詞源同lemon.

lime 歐椴樹

來(lái)自古英語(yǔ)lind,歐椴樹，詞源同linden.拼寫比較lamp,lantern.

英文詞源

lime: lime: English has three distinct words lime, of which by far the oldest is lime the ‘chalky substance’ [OE]. It goes back to a prehistoric Germanic *līm- (shared also by German leim, Dutch lijm, and Swedish limma), a variant of which also produced English loam [OE]. Lime the ‘citrus fruit’ [17] comes via French lime and Proven?al limo from Arabic līmah ‘citrus fruit’, which was also the source of English lemon [14].

And lime the ‘tree’ [17] is an alteration of an earlier line, a variant of lind ‘lime tree’ (the closely related linden was acquired in the 16th century, from German lindenbaum or early modern Dutch lindenboom ‘lime tree’).
=> loam; lemon; linden
lime (n.1): "chalky mineral used in making mortar," from Old English lim "sticky substance, birdlime, mortar, cement, gluten," from Proto-Germanic *leimaz (cognates: Old Saxon, Old Norse, Danish lim, Dutch lijm, German Leim "birdlime"), from PIE root *(s)lei- "slime, slimy, sticky" (cognates: Latin limus "slime, mud, mire," linere "to smear;" see slime (n.)). Lime is made by putting limestone or shells in a red heat, which burns off the carbonic acid and leaves a brittle white solid which dissolves easily in water. Hence lime-kiln (late 13c.), lime-burner (early 14c.). As a verb, c. 1200, from the noun.
lime (n.2): greenish-yellow citrus fruit, 1630s, probably via Spanish lima, from Arabic limah "citrus fruit," from Persian limun "lemon" (see lemon (n.1)). Related: Limeade (1892), with ending as in lemonade.
lime (n.3): "linden tree," 1620s, earlier line (c. 1500), from Middle English lynde (early 14c.), from Old English lind "lime tree" (see linden). Klein suggests the change of -n- to -m- probably began in compounds whose second element began in a labial (such as line-bark, line-bast). An ornamental European tree unrelated to the tree that produces the citrus fruit.

雙語(yǔ)例句

1. Lemon and lime juice were both temporarily out of stock.: 檸檬汁和酸橙汁暫時(shí)都缺貨。

2. She wore a lime-green trouser suit.: 她穿著一身暗黃綠色的衣褲套裝。

3. Sophie looked chic in lime green and navy.: 索菲身著酸橙綠和海軍藍(lán)，顯得很時(shí)尚。

4. Add a few drops of lime juice.: 加幾滴酸橙汁。

5. I'll have a vodka and lime.: 我要喝一杯酸橙伏特加。

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