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Mold Mould C Molde Shape French Norse Proto Germanic

正面 6169.mold
英 [məʊld]美 [mold]

背面
释义:
vt. 塑造;使发霉;用模子制作vi. 发霉n. 霉菌;模子n. (Mold)人名;(英)莫尔德
例句:
1. Try to compact the sand into the mold.设法把这沙土堆积到模子里.

1. sh(拼音“圣、神”)+ rine (拼音谐音“人”)=> 谐音“圣人、神人” => 供奉圣人、神人的地方 => 圣地、神殿、神龛、圣殿、圣祠。2. 区分:shrine, shine: 有花儿是圣殿、圣地,无花儿是光亮,因为只有圣殿、圣地才会经常有人去献花。
mold 模具,铸模来自model的法语拼写形式,即模子,模型,引申词义模具,铸模。字母l,d置换。mold 霉菌,发霉来自古古诺斯语mygla,发霉,来自PIE*meug,湿的,黏的,词源mucus,muggy.由湿的引申词义发霉,发霉。-d,过去分词后缀,字母g脱落,比较vagina,vanilla.mold 用泥土覆盖来自古英语molde,泥土,散土,来自PIE*mele,磨,词源同meal,mill.由磨引申词义碎土,散土,腐叶土。
mold (n.1)also mould, "hollow shape," c. 1200, originally "fashion, form; nature, native constitution, character," metathesized from Old French modle "model, plan, copy; way, manner" (12c., Modern French moule), from Latin modulum (nominative modulus) "measure, model," diminutive of modus "manner" (see mode (1)). From c. 1300 as "pattern or model by which something is shaped or made." To break the mold "render impossible the creation of another" is from 1560s.mold (n.2)also mould, "furry fungus," early 15c., probably from moulde, past participle of moulen "to grow moldy" (early 13c.), related to Old Norse mygla "grow moldy," possibly from Proto-Germanic *(s)muk- indicating "wetness, slipperiness," from PIE *meug- (see mucus). Or it might have evolved from (or been influenced by) Old English molde "loose earth" (see mold (n.3)).mold (n.3)also mould, "loose earth," Old English molde "earth, sand, dust, soil; land, country, world," from Proto-Germanic *mulda (cognates: Old Frisian molde "earth, soil," Old Norse mold "earth," Middle Dutch moude, Dutch moude, Old High German molta "dust, earth," Gothic mulda "dust"), from PIE root *mele- "to rub, grind" (see meal (n.2)). Specifically, since late (Christian) Old English, "the earth of the grave."mold (v.)also mould, mid-14c., "to mix, blend;" late 14c. "to knead, shape," from mold (n.1). Figurative sense (of character, etc.) is from c. 1600. Related: Molded; molding."

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