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Stress Latin Part Middle French Vulgar Stringere Draw

正面 1741.stress
英 [stres]美 [strɛs]

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释义:
n. 压力;强调;紧张;重要性;重读vt. 强调;使紧张;加压力于;用重音读n. (Stress)人名;(意)斯特雷斯
例句:
1. Massage is used to relax muscles, relieve stress and improve the circulation.按摩可以使肌肉放松,缓解压力和促进血液循环。

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stress 施压,加压,压力,紧张来自拉丁语 stringere,拉紧,绑紧,词源同 strain,strict.-ss,过去分词格。引申诸相关词义。
stress (n.)c. 1300, "hardship, adversity, force, pressure," in part a shortening of Middle English distress (n.); in part from Old French estrece "narrowness, oppression," from Vulgar Latin *strictia, from Latin strictus "tight, compressed, drawn together," past participle of stringere "draw tight" (see strain (v.)). Meaning "physical strain on a material object" is from mid-15c. As an abstract force in mechanics from 1855. The purely psychological sense is attested from 1955.stress (v.)c. 1300, "to subject (someone) to force or compulsion," from Middle French estrecier, from Vulgar Latin *strictiare, from Latin stringere "draw tight," which also is the source of stress (n.). The figurative meaning "put emphasis on" is first recorded 1896, from notion of laying pressure on something by relying on it. Related: Stressed; stressing."

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