hulk
英 [h?lk]
美[h?lk]
- n. 廢船；笨重的船；船體
- vi. 龐然大物般出現(xiàn)；赫然顯現(xiàn)
TEM8GRE低頻詞擴(kuò)展詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?hulks;
助記提示
hulk：厚殼。——船殼，笨重的人或物。（背上厚厚的殼當(dāng)然笨重了）
中文詞源
hulk 船骸，笨重的大船，龐然大物
來(lái)自古英語(yǔ)hulc,快船，在中古英語(yǔ)時(shí)期詞義由快船演變?yōu)楸恐氐穆罱K來(lái)自希臘語(yǔ)holkas,商船，纖夫拉船，來(lái)自PIE*selk,拉，拖，詞源同sulcus.進(jìn)入進(jìn)代英語(yǔ)詞義由慢船演變?yōu)榇。蛴糜诤Ｉ媳O(jiān)獄的廢棄船只。引申詞義龐然大物。
英文詞源
- hulk (n.)
- Old English hulc "light, fast ship" (but in Middle English a heavy, unwieldy one), probably from Old Dutch hulke and Medieval Latin hulcus, perhaps ultimately from Greek holkas "merchant ship," literally "ship that is towed," from helkein "to pull" (from PIE root *selk- "to pull, draw"). Meaning "body of an old, worn-out ship" is first recorded 1670s. The Hulks ("Great Expectations") were old ships used as prisons. Sense of "big, clumsy person" is first recorded c. 1400 (early 14c. as a surname: Stephen le Hulke).
HULK. In the sixteenth century the large merchantman of the northern nations. As she grew obsolete, her name was applied in derision to all crank vessels, until it came to be degraded to its present use, i.e., any old vessel unfit for further employment. [Geoffrey Callender, "Sea Passages," 1943]
- hulk (v.)
- "to be clumsy, unwieldy, lazy," 1789, from hulk (n.). Related: Hulked; hulking.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. I followed his big hulk into the house.
- 我跟在他魁梧的身軀后面進(jìn)了屋子。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 2. the hulk of a wrecked ship
- 遇難輪船的殘骸
來(lái)自《權(quán)威詞典》
- 3. At this rate, he would one day become an empty hulk.
- 假若這么活下去, 他會(huì)有一天成為一個(gè)干骨頭架子,還是這么大,而膛兒里全是空的.
來(lái)自漢英文學(xué) - 駱駝祥子
- 4. I could make out the gutted hulk of the tanker.
- 我可以辨認(rèn)出油船破爛不堪的殘骸。
來(lái)自辭典例句
- 5. Great waves formed and spread as the hulk rose to the surface.
- 當(dāng)這巨大笨重的船露出水面時(shí),水面泛起了巨大的波浪又向四面散去.
來(lái)自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)