| 正面 | 12425.devotee 英 [,devə(ʊ)'tiː]美 [,dɛvə'ti]     |
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| 背面 |     释义： 1. *sker- "cut"; *ker- / *wer- "turn, bend, wind, twist" (see curve, versus).2. *wer- => *wr- "turn, bend, wind, twist".3. *wr- => 同源词：wring => wrench (类比：drink => drench) "twist", 4. => wring => wrangle "dispute, wrestle" (与什么纠缠不休，类比：versus), 5. => wring => wrong "twisted, crooked, wry, wrong" (取本义为扭曲的、歪曲的这些含义的引申义), 6. => wring => wrinkle "wrinkled, crooked, winding, crease"; from PIE *wreng- "turn", nasalized variant of *werg- "turn" (cf. Latin vergere "turn, tend toward"), from *wer.7. *wer- / *wr- => 其它同源词：worry (因为纠缠而纠结、烦恼), 8. => wry "distorted, twisted" (from *wrig- "turn" => awry, wrist "the turning joint", wriggle, wrest "twist, wrench", wrestle (wrest 的反复体)), 9. => wreath (from *wreit- "turn, bend" => writhe "twist or bend", wroth "angry" (literally "tormented, twisted")), 10. => wrap (from *werp- "turn, wind" => warp), worm (cf. Latin vermis "worm"), 11. => worth (literally "turn into", from PIE *wert- "turn, wind"), 12. => weird ("fate, destiny," literally "that which comes", from PIE *wert- "turn, wind", For sense development from "turning" to "becoming," cf. phrase turn into "become"), 13. => -ward (adverbial suffix expressing direction, Old English -weard "toward," literally "turned toward," variant of PIE *wert- "turn, wind"), rhombus (from PIE *wremb-, from *werb- "turn, twist, bend").n. 信徒；爱好者 例句： 1. Mr Carpenter is obviously a devotee of Britten'smusic.很显然，卡彭特先生是布里顿音乐的狂热爱好者。 devotee (n.)1640s, from devote, with a French suffix, perhaps on model of assignee. Earlier in this sense was devote (1620s)." |