单词
nephew
英 ['nefju?; 'nevju?]
美['n?fju]
基本信息
- n. 侄子；外甥
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词态变化
复数:?nephews;
中文词源
nephew 侄子，外甥
来自希腊语nepos,姐妹的子女，来自PIE*nepot,孙子，孙女，词源同niece.
英文词源
- nephew
- nephew: [13] Nephew goes back ultimately to Indo-European *nepōt-, which denoted a range of indirect male descendants, including ‘grandson’ and ‘nephew’. Among its offspring were Greek anepsiós ‘nephew’, Sanskrit nápāt ‘grandson’, Germanic *nebon (source of German neffe and Dutch neef ‘nephew’), and Latin nepōs ‘nephew, grandson’ (source of English nepotism [17], etymologically ‘favouring one’s nephews’).
This passed into Old French as neveu, from which English got nephew (replacing the related native English term neve). The corresponding Indo-European feminine form was *neptī-, which is the ultimate source of English niece.
=> nepotism, niece - nephew (n.)
- c. 1300, from Old French neveu (Old North French nevu) "grandson, descendant," from Latin nepotem (nominative nepos) "sister's son, grandson, descendant," in post-Augustan Latin, "nephew," from PIE *nepot- "grandchild," and in a general sense, "male descendant other than son" (cognates: Sanskrit napat "grandson, descendant;" Old Persian napat- "grandson;" Old Lithuanian nepuotis "grandson;" Dutch neef; German Neffe "nephew;" Old Irish nia, genitive niath "son of a sister," Welsh nei). Used in English in all the classical senses until meaning narrowed in 17c., and also as a euphemism for "the illegitimate son of an ecclesiastic" (1580s). The Old English cognate, nefa "nephew, stepson, grandson, second cousin" survived to 16c.
双语例句
- 1. "Cut her out of your will," urged his nephew.
- “把她从你的遗嘱中删去，”他的侄子催促道。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. She has a nephew who is just ten years of age.
- 她有一个才10岁的侄子。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. Last month a shopkeeper's nephew was shot dead.
- 上个月一名店主的侄子被枪杀了。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. He entrusted the task to his nephew.
- 他把这任务托付给了他的侄儿。
来自《权威词典》
- 5. The Richards I and II implants ( Smith & Nephew ) have a deep, trochlear groove.
- RichardsI和II植入物 ( Smith & Nephew ) 有一条很深的限制性的滑车凹槽.
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