welkin
英 ['welkɪn]
美['wɛlkɪn]
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- 释义
- 中文词源
- 英文词源
- 双语例句
- 英英释意
- 场景例句
- 词组搭配
释义
中文词源
welkin 天空，苍穹
来自PIE*welg,湿的，降水，引申词义云彩，天空，现该词主要见于古文。词义演变比较sky,原义为云彩。
英文词源
- welkin (n.)
- "sky" (poetic), Old English wolcen "cloud," also "sky, heavens," from Proto-Germanic *welk- (cognates: Old Saxon wolkan, Old Frisian wolken, Middle Dutch wolke, Dutch wolk, Old High German wolka, German Wolke "cloud," from PIE *welg- "wet" (cognates: Lithuanian vilgyti "to moisten," Old Church Slavonic vlaga "moisture," Czech vlhky "damp").
双语例句
- 1. He danced , howled, raved , and otherwise disturbed the welkin.
- 他又跳, 又吼,又叫, 使尽各种伎俩来搅扰这苍穹.
来自英汉文学 - 欧亨利
英英释意
- 1. the apparent surface of the imaginary sphere on which celestial bodies appear to be projected
实用场景例句
- He danced , howled, raved , and otherwise disturbed the welkin.
- 他又跳, 又吼,又叫, 使尽各种伎俩来搅扰这苍穹.
英汉文学 - 欧亨利
词组搭配
make the welkin ring
make a very loud sound
响彻云霄
the crew made the welkin ring with its hurrahs.
全体船员的欢呼声响彻云霄。