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Haggard Adj Sense Middle French German Recorded Hægəd

单词 haggard
音标 ['hægəd]
解释 adj. 憔悴的,消瘦的
红宝书 【英】 adj. 憔悴的,消瘦的(gaun t; drawn)
【记】 可能来自 hag(巫婆)+gard→像 巫婆一样→形容枯槁的
【例】 The last haggard runner finally stumbled across the finish line.
字源 haggard (adj.)
1560s, "wild, unruly" (originally in reference to hawks), from Middle French haggard, probably from Old French faulcon hagard "wild falcon," literally "falcon of the woods," from Middle High German hag "hedge, copse, wood," from Proto-Germanic *hagon-, from PIE root *kagh- "to catch, seize;" also "wickerwork, fence" (see hedge). OED, however, finds this whole derivation "very doubtful." Sense perhaps reinforced by Low German hager "gaunt, haggard." Sense of "with a haunted expression" first recorded 1690s, that of "careworn" first recorded 1853. Sense influenced by association with hag. Related: Haggardly; haggardness.
不择手段背单词 adj. 憔悴的, 消瘦的 = gaunt = drawn; 筋疲力尽的
【记】hag(n 女巫; 丑老太婆)读: 骸骨的-瘦的只剩下骸骨了-消瘦的
【源】哈格德Haggard爵士(英国作家), 她写了著名的自传《所罗门王的宝藏和她》, 在她的探险中, 经历了无数的艰难困苦, 最后她憔悴消瘦; 筋疲力尽而死.
趣味全助记 【记】hag (女巫,母夜叉)象女巫般长相的;音:黑 guard 黑卫士 很黑很瘦;hawk 象黑鹰般

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