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Marvel Latin 无 C.1300 Wonderful French Merveille Vulgar

单词 marvel
音标 ['mɑ:vəl]
解释 v.对…感到惊异;n.奇迹
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字源 marvel (n.)
c.1300, "miracle," also "wonderful story or legend," from Old French merveille "a wonder, surprise, miracle," from Vulgar Latin *miribilia (also source of Spanish maravilla, Portuguese maravilha, Italian maraviglia), altered from Latin mirabilia "wonderful things," from neuter plural of mirabilis "wonderful, marvelous, extraordinary; strange, singular," from mirari "to wonder at," from mirus "wonderful" (see smile). A neuter plural treated in Vulgar Latin as a feminine singular. Related: Marvels.
marvel (v.)
c.1300, "to be filled with wonder," from Old French merveillier "to wonder at, be astonished," from merveille (see marvel (n.)). Related: Marveled; marveling.
不择手段背单词 n. 奇迹; v 大为惊异
【反】mean(n / adj 低劣的; 卑鄙的); pedestrian(adj 通俗的)-marvelous(adj 引起惊异的)
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