单词 | fosse |
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音标 | [fɔs] |
解释 | n.护城河 |
红宝书 | 【英】 n. 护城河(a ditch or moat used in fortifications) 【记】 foss(石头)+e→像石 头一样坚固的东西→ 护城河 【同】 同根词:fossil(化石 ); fossify(石化,僵化) |
字源 | fosse (n.) early 14c. (late 13c. in place names), "ditch, trench," mid-15c., from Old French fosse "ditch, grave, dungeon" (12c.), from Latin fossa "ditch," in full fossa terra, literally "dug earth," from fem. past participle of fodere "to dig" (see fossil). The Fosse-way (early 12c.), one of the four great Roman roads of Britain, probably was so called from the ditch on either side of it. |
不择手段背单词 | n. 壕沟; 护城河 = moat 【记】foss石头, e-像石头一样坚固-护城河(里边有石头) 【参】fossil(n 化石adj 陈腐的); fossilify(v 使变成化石); fossilize(vt 使成化石; 使陈腐) |
趣味全助记 | 【记】音:浮尸,护城河里漂着不少浮尸,打仗打的士兵或者是淹死的;fossil 化石建成的护城沟,壕,河 |
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