单词
sheldrake
英 ['?eldre?k]
美
基本信息
- n. 雄麻鸭；翘鼻麻鸭
- n. (Sheldrake)人名；(英)谢尔德雷克
词态变化
复数:?sheldrakes;
英文词源
- sheldrake (n.)
- early 14c., from sheld- "variegated" + drake "male duck." First element cognate with Middle Dutch schillede "separated, variegated," West Flemish schilde, from schillen (Dutch verschillen "to make different"), from Proto-Germanic *skeli-, from PIE root *(s)kel- (1) "to cut" (see scale (n.1)). This is the origin considered most likely, though English sheld by itself is a dialect word attested only from c. 1500. OED finds derivation from shield (n.), on resemblance to the patterns on shields, "improbable."
双语例句
- 1. An important set of ideas have been advanced by the biologist Rupert Sheldrake.
- 生物学家鲁珀特·谢尔德雷克已提出了一整套重要的观点。
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