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Farewell V 8271.Farewell 英 Feə'Wel]美 Fɛr'wɛl 释义 N

正面 8271.farewell
英 [feə'wel]美 [,fɛr'wɛl]

背面
释义:
n. 告别,辞别;再见;再会int. 别了!(常含有永别或不容易再见面的意思);再会!adj. 告别的
例句:
1. She bade farewell to her son.她和儿子道了别。

1、fare (v.) + well (adv.)2、fare (v.) 的古语含义为:旅行、旅途。因此,该词的字面含义为:旅途愉快。由此引申为:道别、告辞之意。
farewell 告别fare, 远行。well, 一路顺风。
farewell (interj.)expression at parting, late 14c., from Middle English faren wel, verbal phrase attested by c. 1200 (see fare (v.) + well (adv.)); usually said to the departing person, who replied with good-bye. As a noun, "a good-bye, a leave-taking," by early 15c. Expression to a fare-thee-well "to the last degree" is by 1884, American English."

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