c. 1300, "plant which bears the grapes from which wine is made," from Old French vigne "vine, vinyard" (12c.), from Latin vinea "vine, vineyard," from vinum "wine," from PIE *win-o- "wine," an Italic noun related to words for "wine" in Greek, Armenian, Hittite, and non-Indo-European Georgian and West Semitic (Hebrew yayin, Ethiopian wayn); probably ultimately from a lost Mediterranean language word *w(o)in- "wine." From late 14c. in reference to any plant with a long slender stem that trails or winds around. The European grape vine was imported to California via Mexico by priests in 1564.
雙語例句
1. grapes on the vine
藤上的葡萄
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
2. The vine has begun to grow away from the wall.
葡萄樹已開始伸向墻外了.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
3. The vine twines round the tree.
這藤盤繞在樹干上.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
4. The grape vine climbed up along the wall.
葡萄藤沿墻攀緣而上.
來自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
5. We reached a beautiful grotto , whose entrance was almost hiden by the vine.