解释
- 亚马逊；古希腊女战士
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中文词源
amazon 亚马逊
前缀a-, 没有。词根maz, 胸，见mastitis,乳腺炎。原指传说中的希腊的一支女人部落，切除右胸以方便射箭，英勇善战。后据说亚马逊河流域出现了类似的野人族，故名。
英文词源
- Amazon (n.)
- late 14c., from Greek Amazon (mostly in plural Amazones) "one of a race of female warriors in Scythia," probably from an unknown non-Indo-European word, possibly from an Iranian compound *ha-maz-an- "(one) fighting together" [Watkins], but in folk etymology long derived from a- "without" + mazos "breasts," hence the story that the Amazons cut or burned off one breast so they could draw bowstrings more efficiently.
The river in South America (originally called by the Spanish Rio Santa Maria de la Mar Dulce) rechristened by Francisco de Orellana, 1541, after an encounter with female warriors of the Tapuyas (or, as some say, beardless, long-haired male tribesmen; still others hold that the name is a corruption of a native word in Tupi or Guarani meaning "wave").
例句和用法
- 1. a gripping narrative of their journey up the Amazon
- 他们沿亚马孙河而上的扣人心弦的描述
- 2. They were exploring the Amazon jungle.
- 他们正对亚马逊丛林进行勘察.
- 3. Looks like someone wants to run upagainst Amazon here.
- 看样子有人要和Amazon挑战了.
- 4. Amazon's challengers come from two directions.
- Amazon挑战来自两个方面.
- 5. I don't recall Amazon, eBay or Yahoo using a Flash intro, so you probably shouldn't either.
- 我没有听说过Amazon 、 eBay、 Yahoo这样的网站使用Flash引导页, 因此你最好也不要用.
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