swan

英 [swɒn] 美 [swɑn]

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解释

n. 天鹅；天鹅星座
vi. 游荡，闲荡
n. (Swan)人名；(英、芬、德)斯旺

※ 提供单词"swan"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

中文词源

swan 天鹅

来自古英语 swan,天鹅，来自 Proto-Germanic*swanaz,天鹅，歌者，来自 PIE*swen,唱歌，发出声音，词源同 sound.可能是因为传说中天鹅在临死之前会发出美妙的歌声而得名。

英文词源

swan: swan: [OE] Swan is a general Germanic word, with relatives in German schwan, Dutch zwaan, Swedish svan, and Danish svane. These all come from a prehistoric base *swan-, which may go back ultimately to Indo-European *swon-, *swen- ‘make sound’ (source of Latin sonus ‘sound’, from which English gets sound). If it does, the swan was originally named for the (admittedly rather unmusical) sound it makes.
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swan (n.): Old English swan "swan," from Proto-Germanic *swanaz "singer" (cognates: Old Saxon swan, Old Norse svanr, Danish svane, Swedish svan, Middle Dutch swane, Dutch zwaan, Old High German swan, German Schwan), probably literally "the singing bird," from PIE root *swen- "to sing, make sound" (see sound (n.1)); thus related to Old English geswin "melody, song" and swinsian "to make melody."

In classical mythology, sacred to Apollo and to Venus. The singing of swans before death was alluded to by Chaucer (late 14c.), but swan-song (1831) is a translation of German Schwanengesang. The ancient Indo-European mythical swan-maiden so called by mythographers from 1829. Swan dive is recorded from 1898. A black swan was proverbial for "something extremely rare or non-existent" (late 14c.), after Juvenal ["Sat." vi. 164], but later they turned up in Australia (Chenopsis atratus).
"Do you say no worthy wife is to be found among all these crowds?" Well, let her be handsome, charming, rich and fertile; let her have ancient ancestors ranged about her halls; let her be more chaste than all the dishevelled Sabine maidens who stopped the war--a prodigy as rare upon the earth as a black swan! yet who could endure a wife that possessed all perfections? I would rather have a Venusian wench for my wife than you, O Cornelia, mother of the Gracchi, if, with all your virtues, you bring me a haughty brow, and reckon up Triumphs as part of your marriage portion. [Juvenal]

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例句和用法

1. Lord Swan was made a life peer in 1981.: 斯旺勋爵于1981年受封终身贵族。

2. The team's mascot is a giant swan.: 这个队的吉祥物是只大天鹅。

3. The swan flapped its wings noisily.: 天鹅大声地拍打着翅膀。

4. The stately swan glides gracefully on the pond.: 天鹅在池面上优美地游动.

5. A young swan is called a cygnet.: 小天鹅叫做“cygnet”.