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Sport Sense Disport Meaning Originally French Desporter Deporter

正面 667.sport
英 [spɔːt]美 [spɔrt]

背面
释义:
n. 运动;游戏;娱乐;运动会;玩笑vi. 游戏vt. 游戏;参加体育运动;夸耀adj. 运动的
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1、in- "in" + creas- + -e.
sport 嬉戏,玩乐,运动,穿戴,炫耀缩写自 disport,嬉戏,消遣,玩乐,来自 dis-,离开,-port,承担,担负,词源同 comport,porter. 后词义限定为体育运动。引申比喻义穿戴,炫耀,即抖擞精神。
sportsport: [14] Sport is short for disport [14]. This came from Anglo-Norman desporter ‘carry away’, hence ‘divert’, a compound verb formed from the prefix des- ‘apart’ and porter ‘carry’. The noun originally meant ‘amusement, recreation’, and it was not used in its main modern sense ‘athletic contests’ until the mid 19th century.=> disport, port, portablesport (v.)c. 1400, "to take pleasure, to amuse oneself," from Old French desporter, deporter "to divert, amuse, please, play" (see disport). Restricted sense of "amuse oneself by active exercise in open air or taking part in some game" is from late 15c. Meaning "to wear" is from 1778. Related: Sported; sporting.sport (n.)early 15c., "pleasant pastime," shortening of disport "activity that offers amusement or relaxation; entertainment, fun" (c. 1300), also "a pastime or game; flirtation; pleasure taken in such activity" (late 14c.), from Anglo-French disport, Old French desport, deport "pleasure, enjoyment, delight; solace, consolation; favor, privilege," related to desporter, deporter "to divert, amuse, please, play" (see sport (v.)). Original sense preserved in phrases such as in sport "in jest" (mid-15c.). Meaning "game involving physical exercise" first recorded 1520s. Sense of "stylish man" is from 1861, American English, probably because they lived by gambling and betting on races. Meaning "good fellow" is attested from 1881 (as in be a sport, 1913). Sport as a familiar form of address to a man is from 1935, Australian English. The sport of kings was originally (1660s) war-making. Other, lost senses of Middle English disport were "consolation, solace; a source of comfort.""

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