| 单词 | philately |
|---|---|
| 音标 | [fi'lætəli] |
| 解释 | n.集邮 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 n. 集邮(stamp collecting) 【记】 phil(爱)+ately(邮票 ) |
| 字源 | philately (n.) "stamp-collecting," 1865, from French philatélie, coined by French stamp collector Georges Herpin (in "Le Collectionneur de Timbres-poste," Nov. 15, 1864), from Greek phil- "loving" (see philo-) + ateleia "exemption from tax," the closest word Herpin could find in ancient Greek to the concept of "postage stamp" (from a- "without" + telos "tax;" see toll (n.)). A reminder of the original function of postage stamps, now often forgotten: the cost of letter-carrying formerly was paid by the recipient; stamps indicated it had been pre-paid by the sender, thus the letters were "carriage-free." It is a pity that for one of the most popular scientific pursuits one of the least popularly intelligible names should have been found. [Fowler] Stampomania (1865) also was tried. Stamp-collecting is from 1862. Related: Philatelic; philatelism; philatelist. |
| 不择手段背单词 | n. 集邮(收集和研究邮票) 【记】phil爱, ately邮票phil喜欢, lately晚了－要是早喜欢, 就可以买1万张猴票, 还考G? |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】phil 爱 + tele- 远程，电→爱邮电→爱邮，邮与电是密不可分的 |
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