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| 释义 | 〔quintain〕probably from Latin quīntāna (via) [fifth (street in a Roman camp, supposedly used for military exercises)] 可能源自 拉丁语 quīntāna (via) [第五街（罗马人营垒中的街道，据推测用于军事操练）] 〔belfry〕The wordsbell and belfry seem obviously related, but in fact thebel- portion of belfry had nothing to do with bells until comparatively recently. Belfry goes back to a compound formed in prehistoric Common Germanic. It is generally agreed that the second part of this compound is the element.frij-, meaning "peace, safety.” The first element is either.bergan, "to protect,” which would yield a compound meaning "a defensive place of shelter,” or.berg-, "a high place,” which would yield a compound meaning "a high place of safety, tower.”Whatever the meaning of the original Germanic source, its Old French descendantberfrei, which first meant "siege tower,” came to mean "watchtower.” Presumably because bells were used in these towers, the word was applied to bell towers as well.The Old North French alterationbelfroi, which reminded English speakers of their native word belle (our bell ), entered Middle English with the sense "bell tower,” first recorded in 1272.bell 和 belfry 这两个词似乎显著相关， 但事实上直到最近，belfry 词里的 bel 部分才同“钟”这个词联系起来。 Belfry 源于史前普通日耳曼语的复合词。 一般认为这个复合词的第二部分是frij-， 意思是“和平、安全”。 它的第一部分或是"bergan"， 意为“保护”， 该复合词就当“隐蔽防御之地”讲；或是berg 意为“高处”， 该词就是“安全高处；塔”的意思。无论其日耳曼语来源意思是什么，它衍生成古法语的berfrei， 原意为“围塔”，后意为“望塔”。据推测由于钟被用于这些塔里，所以这个词也开始指钟塔了。belfroi 作为古北法语的变体它使英语使用者想到了自己的母语中 belle 一字（我们写做 bell ）， 进入中古英语后意为“钟楼”，首次记载于1272年〔Cuzco〕A city of southern Peru in the Andes east-southeast of Lima. It was built on the plundered site of an ancient city supposedly founded in the 11th century by Manco Capac, the first ruler of the Incas. As the capital of a vast and prosperous empire, it was known as "the City of the Sun.” Population, 89,563.库斯科：秘鲁南部的一个城市，位于利马东南偏东的安第斯山脉中。它建在一个古城的废墟上，据推测该古城是由印加族的第一位统治者曼科·卡帕克于11世纪建立的。作为一个地域广阔、繁荣强大的帝国的首都，它被誉为“太阳城”。人口89,563〔Raiatea〕A volcanic island of the southern Pacific Ocean west-northwest of Tahiti. It is the largest of the Leeward group of the Society Islands in French Polynesia. Migration of its people to Hawaii, the Cook Islands, and New Zealand is believed to have begun some 600 years ago.赖阿特阿岛：南太平洋中的一个火山岛，位于塔西提岛西北偏西。为法属波利尼西亚社会群岛的背风群岛中最大的一个岛屿。据推测其居民从约600年前开始移向夏威夷岛、库克群岛和新西兰 |
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