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Harpoon N French Dutch Hɑ:'Pu:N 捕鲸的)鱼叉 记 分割记忆:Harp(竪琴

单词 harpoon
音标 [hɑ:'pu:n]
解释 n. (捕鲸的)鱼叉
红宝书 【记】 分割记忆:harp(竪琴 )+oon;参考其他以oo n结尾的单词:lampoo n(讽刺),cartoon(漫画)
字源 harpoon (v.)
1774, from harpoon (n.). Related: Harpooned; harpooning. For agent-noun forms, harpooner is from 1726; harpooneer from 1610s.
harpoon (n.)
1610s, from French harpon, from Old French harpon "cramp iron, clamp, clasp" (described as a mason's tool for fastening stones together), from harper "to grapple, grasp," possibly of Germanic origin; or from Latin harpa- "hook" (related to harpagonem "grappling hook"), from Greek harpe "sickle," from PIE root *serp- (1) "sickle, hook." Earlier harping-iron (mid-15c.). Sense and spelling perhaps influenced by Dutch (Middle Dutch harpoen) or Basque, the language of the first whaling peoples, who often accompanied English sailors on their early expeditions. Also see -oon.
不择手段背单词 n. 鱼叉(种象标枪一样但顶端有钩的用于捕捉鲸鱼和大鱼的武器)
【区】lampoon(n /v 讽刺); cartoon(n 卡通; 漫画)
趣味全助记 【记】音:海 + spoon,海上用的勺子叉子
【相关】harp 竪琴的弦与鱼叉的叉都是一根根的

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