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English Capulum Rope Halter Convert 2015.Towards 英 Tə'Wɔːdz

正面 2015.towards
英 [tə'wɔːdz; twɔːdz; 'tɔːdz]美 [tɔrdz]

背面
释义:
prep. 朝,向;对于;有助于
例句:
1. Do not wait for good things to happen to you. You need to walk towards happiness.不要等待好事降临,你要向幸福进发。

1、from Old North French cable, from Medieval Latin capulum "lasso, rope, halter for cattle".2、cap- => capulum => cable. 其最初的原始含义为:something that used to grasp, seize, take. => 由此引申为:lasso, rope, halter for cattle. 进而引申为:电缆,缆绳。3. CNN是美国有线电视新闻网(Cable News Network)的英文缩写.
towards 朝,向,接近toward,朝向,-s,副词所有格。
towardstowards: [OE] The suffix -ward or -wards, which underlies towards, forward, and a host of other English adverbs and adjectives, comes from a prehistoric Germanic *-warth. This in turn goes back to the Indo-European base *wert- ‘turn’ (source also of English convert, version, etc) – so etymologically, towards denotes ‘turning to’ something.=> convert, versiontowards (adv.)Old English toweards, from toweard (adj.) "coming, facing, approaching" (see toward) + adverbial genitive ending."

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