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Solace Grief Latin N.安慰,慰借 Consolation Late French Solacium

单词 solace
音标 ['sɔləs]
解释 n.安慰,慰借
红宝书 【英】 n.安慰,慰借 (alleviation of grief or anxiety)
【考】 solace : grief / pacification : anger(安慰减少悲痛/平息 减少愤怒)
【记】 sol(安慰)+ace→安 慰;
【同】 参考:console(安慰)
【例】 Books were his only solace.
字源 solace (n.)
"comfort in grief, consolation," late 13c., from Old French solaz "pleasure, entertainment, enjoyment; solace, comfort," from Latin solacium "a soothing, assuaging; comfort, consolation," from solatus, past participle of solari "to console, soothe," from PIE *sol-a-, suffixed form of root *sele- "of good mood; to favor" (cognates: Old English gesælig "happy;" see silly). Adjectival form solacious is attested 16c.-17c.
solace (v.)
"comfort, console in grief," late 13c.; also in Middle English "entertain, amuse, please," from Old French solacier "comfort, console" (often with a sexual connotation) and directly from Medieval Latin solatiare "give solace, console" (source also of Spanish solazar, Italian sollazzare), from Latin solacium (see solace (n.)). Related: Solaced; solacing.
不择手段背单词 n. /v. 安慰(悲伤、不幸或苦恼) = consolation; 安慰物
【根】sol安慰, ace-安慰
【记】so, lace(n 蕾丝花边): 用蕾丝花边安慰你女友受伤的心灵.
【参】console(v 安慰)
【类】solace: grief = pacification: anger安慰减少悲痛 = 平息减少愤怒
趣味全助记 【记】源自console 安慰, 控制台;sola- 是太阳的词根,solar太阳光照着很温暖,感觉慰借

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