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Geyser N Spring Water Lava Geysir Gaizə N.天然热喷泉

单词 geyser
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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