单词 | tonsorial |
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音标 | [tɔn'sɔ:riəl] |
解释 | a.理发师的,理发的 |
红宝书 | 【考】 tonsorial : hair / sartorial : apparel(理发师理头发/裁缝 缝衣服) |
字源 | tonsorial (adj.) "pertaining to barbers," 1765, from -al (1) + Latin tonsorius "of or pertaining to shearing or shaving," from tonsor "a shaver, barber, shearer, clipper," from tonsus, past participle of tondere "to shear, shave" (see tonsure). Generally used in an attempt at humor. Tonsorious in the same sense is attested from 1650s. |
不择手段背单词 | adj. 理发师的, 理发的 【记】to头, nsorial: 理发的 【类】tonsorial: hair = sartorial: apparel理发师理头发 = 裁缝缝衣服 |
趣味全助记 | 【记】源自tonsure 剪发, 剃头;音:抖擞,理完发精神抖擞;音:头 + sir 头先生,与头打交道的先生→理发师 【相关】sartorial 注意两词结尾相同,词首颠倒,tonsor and sartor,意思接近,一个是裁缝,一个是理发,都是生活常见工作 |
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