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Consort V French Wife Sense Kɔnsɔ:T 结交,配对;N 配偶

单词 consort
音标 ['kɔnsɔ:t]
解释 v. 结交,配对;n. 配偶
红宝书 【英】 v. 结交(associate with);n. 配偶( husband or wife)
【记】 con(共同)+sort(类型 ) →同类相聚
【同】 同根词: assorted(各式各样的 ); resort(度假胜地, 常去地)
字源 consort (n.)
early 15c., "partner," from Middle French consort "colleague, partner, wife" (14c., Old French consorte), from Latin consortem (nominative consors) "partner, comrade; wife, brother, sister," noun use of adjective meaning "having the same lot, of the same fortune," from com- "with" (see com-) + sors "a share, lot" (see sort (n.)). Sense of "husband or wife" ("partner in marriage") is 1630s in English.
consort (v.)
1580s, from consort (n.). Related: Consorted; consorting. Confused in form and sense with concert since 1580s.
不择手段背单词 v. 结交 = associate; 配对; n 配偶(尤指君主的配偶); 同伴; 合奏
【记】con共同, sort(n 种类; 类别)-物以类聚, 人以群分: 你们如果属于同类(比如: 都在学GRE), 那么就容易结交, 更有甚者, 跑到美国登记去了.
【参】assorted(adj 多样混合的); resort(n 常去之地; 胜地)
趣味全助记 【记】con一起 + sort种类,一样的种类在一起,人以类聚

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