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nephew怎么读

音标:英 ['nefjuː; 'nevjuː] 美['nɛfju]

nephew是什么意思

  • n. 侄子;外甥

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nephew的词态变化


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.

nephew的双语例句


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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