单词 | geyser |
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音标 | ['gaizə] |
解释 | n.天然热喷泉 |
红宝书 | 【英】 n. 天然热喷泉(a spring from which columns of boiling water and steam gush into the air at intervals) 【考】 volcano : lava / geyser : water(火山喷出熔岩/喷泉 喷出水) 【记】 来自冰岛一温泉名 Geysir, 可能来自 gusher(喷涌井,滔滔 不绝地说话的人) |
字源 | geyser (n.) 1780, from Icelandic Geysir, name of a hot spring in the valley of Haukadal, literally "the gusher," from Old Norse geysa "to gush," from Proto-Germanic *gausjan, from PIE *gheus-, from root *gheu- "to pour" (see found (v.2)). |
不择手段背单词 | n. 间歇热喷泉(间歇向空中喷水花和蒸汽柱的天然温泉) 【记】源自冰岛语盖瑟Geysir, 冰岛西南的温泉的名字源于gush(v 涌出)gey = gay(n 男同性恋)和ser = sir(n 先生, 阁下)在geyser里洗澡. 【类】volcano: lava = geyser: water 火山喷出熔岩 = 喷泉喷出水 |
趣味全助记 | 【记】源于gush, gusher 能喷水的东西;gay 高兴的,快乐的,+ ser 东西,快乐的象间歇喷泉一样 |
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