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Sense Worry German Century English Strangle Dutch Meaning

正面 972.worry
英 ['wʌrɪ]美 ['wʌrɪ]

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释义:
n. 担心;烦恼;撕咬vt. 担心;发愁;折磨vi. 担心;烦恼;撕咬
例句:
1. Don't worry. We'll have you out of here double-quick.别担心,我们会很快把你从这儿弄出去的。

【谐音】儿大了的——儿子变成成年人了
worry 担忧来自PIE*wergh,弯,转,缠绕,词源同wring,wriggle。其原义为扭打,缠绕,后用于心理学揪心,担忧,烦扰。
worryworry: [OE] Worry originally meant ‘strangle’. It comes from a prehistoric West Germanic *wurgjan, which also produced German wügen ‘choke, strangle’. The sense ‘harass physically’ (as in ‘dogs worrying sheep’) emerged in the 16th century, via an intermediate ‘seize by the throat’, and the modern sense ‘vex, disturb’ came on the scene in the 17th century, but the verb was not used intransitively until the mid- 19th century.worry (v.)Old English wyrgan "to strangle," from Proto-Germanic *wurgjan (cognates: Middle Dutch worghen, Dutch worgen, Old High German wurgen, German würgen "to strangle," Old Norse virgill "rope"), from PIE *wergh- "to turn" (see wring). Related: Worried; worrier; worrying. The oldest sense was obsolete in English after c. 1600; meaning "annoy, bother, vex," first recorded 1670s, developed from that of "harass by rough or severe treatment" (1550s), as of dogs or wolves attacking sheep. Meaning "to cause mental distress or trouble" is attested from 1822; intransitive sense of "to feel anxiety or mental trouble" is first recorded 1860.worry (n.)"anxiety arising from cares and troubles," 1804, from worry (v.)."

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