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Margin Town Roadway Late Edge Border Sense Furnish

单词 margin
音标 ['mɑ:dʒin]
解释 n.页边空白,边缘;差额;余地;利润
红宝书 【考】 outskirts : town / shoulder : roadway / margin : page(郊区在城镇边缘/路 肩在马路边缘/书页空 白在书页边缘)
字源 margin (n.)
mid-14c., "edge of a sea or lake;" late 14c., "space between a block of text and the edge of a page," from Latin marginem (nominative margo) "edge, brink, border, margin," from PIE *merg- "edge, border, boundary" (see mark (n.1)). General sense of "boundary space; rim or edge of anything" is from late 14c. Meaning "comfort allowance, cushion" is from 1851; margin of safety first recorded 1888. Stock market sense of "sum deposited with a broker to cover risk of loss" is from 1848. Related: Margins.
margin (v.)
c.1600, "to furnish with marginal notes," from margin (n.). From 1715 as "to furnish with a margin."
不择手段背单词 n. 书页空白处; 边缘; 树叶的边缘
【参】marginal(adj 记在页边的; 不重要的)
【类】outskirts: town = shoulder: roadway = margin: page郊区在城镇边缘 = 路肩在马路边缘 = 书页空白在书页边缘
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