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Erta Alert High Italian Phrase Literally Adjective Latin

正面 5379.alert
英 [ə'lɜːt]美 [ə'lɝt]

背面
释义:
vt. 警告;使警觉,使意识到adj. 警惕的,警觉的;留心的n. 警戒,警惕;警报n. (Alert)人名;(西)阿莱尔特
例句:
1. The armed forces were on high alert to guard against any retaliation.武装部队保持高度戒备,以防发生任何报复行动。

1. grope <===>gripe, grip.
alert 警醒的来自意大利语all’erta. -erta, 同 erect,竖直。即全部到城墙上守城。
alertalert: [17] Alert comes, via French, from an Italian phrase all’ erta ‘on the look-out’, or literally ‘at the (alla) watch-tower (erta)’. Erta was short for torre erta, literally ‘high tower’, in which the adjective erta ‘high’ came ultimately from Latin ērectus, the past participle of ērigere ‘raise’.=> erectalert (adv.)"on the watch," 1590s, from French alerte "vigilant" (17c.), from phrase à l'erte "on the watch," from Italian all'erta "to the height," from erta "lookout, high tower," noun use of fem. of erto, past participle of ergere "raise up," from Latin erigere "raise" (see erect). The adjective is attested from 1610s, the noun from 1803, and the verb from 1868. Related: Alerted; alerting."

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