单词 | ford |
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音标 | [fɔ:d] |
解释 | n.浅滩,水浅可涉处;v.涉水 |
红宝书 | 【记】 不要和fort(堡垒)相 混 |
字源 | ford (v.) 1610s, from ford (n.). Related: Forded; fording. ford (n.) Old English ford "shallow place where water can be crossed," from Proto-Germanic *furdhus (cognates: Old Frisian forda, Old High German furt, German Furt "ford"), from PIE *prtu- "a going, a passage" (cognates: Latin portus "harbor," originally "entrance, passage;" Old Welsh rit, Welsh rhyd "ford;" Old English faran "to go;" see port (n.1)). The line of automobiles is named for U.S. manufacturer Henry Ford (1863-1947). |
不择手段背单词 | 无 |
趣味全助记 | 【记】Ford 美国福特汽车, 福特车很结实,能够涉水而过,其他车就差点了;Oxford 牛津,由Ox牛+ ford 津组成,津就是浅水 |
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