单词 | provender |
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音标 | ['prɔvində] |
解释 | n.(牛马吃的)草料,粮秣 |
红宝书 | 【英】 n.(牛马吃的)草料, 粮秣(dry food for domestic animals) 【记】 来自provide(提供)的 变体 |
字源 | provender (n.) c.1300, "allowance paid each chapter member of a cathedral," from Anglo-French provendir, Old French provendier "provider; recipient, beneficiary," from Gallo-Roman *provenda, altered (by influence of Latin providere "supply") from Late Latin praebenda "allowance, subsistence," from Latin praebenda "(things) to be furnished," neuter plural gerundive of praebere "to furnish, offer," from prae "before" (see pre-) + habere "to hold" (see habit (n.)). Meaning "food, provisions, etc." (especially dry food for horses) is recorded from mid-14c. |
不择手段背单词 | n. (用于餵养牲畜的)草料 【记】源于: provide(v 提供) |
趣味全助记 | 【记】可能源自provide + er 东西, 提供的东西,粮草;pro + vender→售卖者,售卖食物,草料 |
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