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hus·band AHD[hŭzʹbənd] D.J.[ˈhʌzbənd]K.K.[ˈhʌzbənd]n.(名词)abbr. h., H.【缩写】- A man joined to a woman in marriage; a male spouse.丈夫:在婚姻中与女性结合的男子;男性配偶
- Chiefly British A manager or steward, as of a household.【多用于英国】 管家,总管:管理者或管家,如家庭中的
- Archaic A prudent, thrifty manager.【古语】 谨慎、节俭的经理
v.tr.(及物动词)hus.band.ed, hus.band.ing, hus.bands - To use sparingly or economically; conserve:节省:节俭或节省地使用;保存:husband one's energy.保存体力
- Archaic To find a husband for.【古语】 为(某人)找丈夫
- Middle English huseband 中古英语 huseband
- from Old English hūsbōnda 源自 古英语 hūsbōnda
- from Old Norse hūsbōndi 源自 古斯堪的纳维亚语 hūsbōndi
- hūs [house] hūs [房子]
- bōndi, būandi [householder] [present participle of] būa [to dwell] * see bheuə- bōndi, būandi [住户] būa的现在分词 [居住] * 参见 bheuə-
注释- We gain an insight into the history of the wordhusband by considering the Old English word hūsbōnde, meaning "the mistress of a house.”Ifhūsbōnde had survived into Modern English, husband, its modern form, would have been very ambiguous.The fact thathūsbōnde could mean "mistress of a house" helps us see the elements that make up the Old English ancestor of our wordhusband. Hūscorresponds to house. The element-bōnde is the feminine form of -bōnda, the second element of Old Englishhūsbōnda. The entire Old English word is a borrowing of the Old Icelandic wordhūsbōndi, meaning "the master of a house.”The second element inhūsbōndi, bōndi, means "a man who has land and stock" and comes from the verbbūa, meaning "to live, dwell, have a household.” The master of the house was of course usually the spouse of a wife as well,and it would seem that our main current sense ofhusband arises from this overlap. 考察一下古英语中husbonde 这个词,我们就会对 husband 这个词的历史有一定了解, 意思是“房子的女主人”。假如husbonde 这个词能留存在现代英语中, 作为husbonde 的现代形式, 它的意思会变得很模糊。husbonde 的意思是“房子的女主人”, 这有助于我们找出那些构成古英语中我们今天的husband这个词的前身。 Hus对应 house 。 -bonde 是 -bonda 的阴性形式, 古英语中 husbonda 的第二个部分。 这个古英语中的词整体上借自冰岛语中的 husbondi , 意思是“房子的男主人”。husbondi, bondi 第二部分的意思是“一个拥有土地和牲畜的男子”, 它来自动词 bua ,意思是“生活、居住、拥有一个家”。 一座房子的男主人当然通常也是妻子的配偶,看起来今天husband 这个词的中心意思源于这种重叠
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