| 正面 | 6139.motorcycle 英 ['məʊtəsaɪk(ə)l]美 ['motɚ'saɪkl]     |
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| 背面 |      释义： 1. strive, strife 是同源词(v f)，因此它们的含义很相近；其实，stride 与 strive, strife 也是同源词，只是 stride 的引申义引申得比较远，因此仅从含义上看不出它们的同源性。2. 古高地德语：*strit- "fight, combat, contention; quarrel, dispute" => 古法语：*strit- / *strif- "quarrel, dispute" => strife => strive.3. 古高地德语：*strit- "fight, combat, contention" => *strid- => stride (其字面含义，其实就是两条腿之间的对峙、竞争，两条腿怎样才能形成对峙呢，当然就是叉开腿，形成跨步、跨立姿势)，由此引申出了如今的含义，straddle 就是 stride 的同源同引申义的词.4. *strid- => *strad- + -le (双写d加-le, 反复体后缀)。5. st- (stand => st-) + ride => stride, 当然就是站着往前大步走了。6. stride => straddle.7. 在大街上骑着马大跨步行走。n. 摩托车；机动车vi. 骑摩托车 例句： 1. The gunman escaped on a motorcycle being ridden by an accomplice.持枪歹徒坐上一辆由同伙驾驶的摩托车逃逸。 motorcycle 摩托车motor,摩托车，cycle,轮子，圈。 motorcycle (n.)1895, a hybrid from motor + -cycle, from bicycle. Motocycle also was used late 19c. The horse follows the crooks of a country road, but then the training of the "motorcycle" (horrid name) will inevitably straighten out the crooks in the country road, and afford long ranges of straight tracks. [Payson Burleigh, "The Age of Steel," Oct. 12, 1895] Related: Motorcyclist." |