churl
英 [t???l]
美[t??l]
- n. 吝嗇鬼；鄉下人；粗暴的人；（中世紀的）農民
GRE暢通詞匯
助記提示
1. 人名Carl, Charles 的意思是“男人，丈夫（man, husband）”，與 Carl, Charles 同源的churl 在古英語里指“男人，丈夫，下層自由民，農民”，有意思的是，corn “谷物”也屬于同源，Carl, Charles，corn 的共同特點是“成熟”。
中文詞源
churl 粗魯的人，村夫，農夫
來自PIE*ger，長大，成熟，詞源同Charles, gerontology。其原詞義為普通人，農人，自由民等，后詞義不斷惡化。比較villain來自village.
英文詞源
- churl (n.)
- Old English ceorl "peasant, freeman, man without rank," from Proto-Germanic *kerlaz, *karlaz (cognates: Old Frisian zerl "man, fellow," Middle Low German kerle, Dutch kerel "freeman of low degree," German Kerl "man, husband," Old Norse karl "old man, man").
It had various meaning in early Middle English, including "man of the common people," "a country man," "husbandman," "free peasant;" by 1300, it meant "bondman, villain," also "fellow of low birth or rude manners." For words for "common man" that acquire an insulting flavor over time, compare boor, villain. In this case, however, the same word also has come to mean "king" in many languages (such as Lithuanian karalius, Czech kral, Polish król) via Charlemagne.
雙語例句
- 1. The vile person shall be no more called liberal , nor the churl said to be bountiful.
- 愚頑人不再稱為高明 、 吝嗇人不再稱為大方.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 2. He must have had some upsdowns in life to make him such a churl .
- 他一定經歷了很多起起落落才形成了變成了如此粗鄙的人。
來自辭典例句
- 3. He must have had some ups and downs in life to make him such a churl.
- 他一生一定經歷過一些坎坷,才使他變成這么一個粗暴的人.
來自辭典例句
- 4. Churl I'll drop the love - juice in your eyes. Hey !
- 壞東西,我將在你的眼精滴進愛情的花液.
來自互聯網
- 5. And, tender churl, makes t waste in niggarding.
- 溫柔的怪物呵, 用吝嗇浪費了全部.
來自互聯網
