单词 | maze |
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音标 | [meiz] |
解释 | n.迷宫 |
红宝书 | 【英】 n. 迷宫(a confusing, intricate network of winding pathways; labyrinth) 【同】 近形词: maize(玉米); amaze(使吃惊); daze(使眼花缭乱); gaze(凝视); haze(薄雾); raze(摧毁) 【例】 It's easy to get lost in Boston's maze of streets. |
字源 | maze (n.) c.1300, "delusion, bewilderment" (also as a verb, "stupefy, daze"), possibly from Old English *mæs, which is suggested by the compound amasod "amazed" and verb amasian "to confound, confuse" (see amaze). Perhaps related to Norwegian dialectal mas "exhausting labor," Swedish masa "to be slow or sluggish." Meaning "labyrinth" first recorded late 14c. |
不择手段背单词 | n. 迷宫; v 使迷惑 【记】源于: amaze(v 使吃惊) 【区】maize(n 玉米); daze(v 使茫然; 使晕眩); gaze(v 凝视); haze(n 薄雾; v 使朦胧); raze(v 摧毁) |
趣味全助记 | 【记】大家熟悉的amaze 吃惊,迷惑→令人吃惊的迷宫;音:迷走,在迷宫里走; |
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