castor
英 ['kɑ?st?]
美['k?st?]
- n. [作物] 蓖麻；[家具] 腳輪；調(diào)味瓶；海貍
- n. (Castor)人名；(西、法、葡、英)卡斯托
暢通詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?castors;
中文詞源
castor 海貍
來自希臘神話雙子星座Kastor和Pollux，其中Kastor為醫(yī)神，因海貍分泌物具有重要的藥物價(jià)值而得名。
英文詞源
- castor
- castor: There are two distinct words castor in English. The older originally meant ‘beaver’ [14], and was early used with reference to a bitter pungent substance secreted by glands near the beaver’s anus, employed in medicine and perfumery. The term castor oil [18] probably comes from the use of this oil, derived from the seed of a tropical plant, as a substitute for castor in medicine.
The more recent castor [17] is simply a derivative of the verb cast; it was originally (and still often is) spelled caster. Its use for sprinkling or ‘throwing’ sugar is obvious (the term castor sugar dates back to the mid 19th century), but its application to a ‘small swivelling wheel’ is less immediately clear: it comes from a now obsolete sense of the verb, mainly nautical, ‘veer, turn’: ‘Prepare for casting to port’, George Nares, Seamanship 1882.
=> cast - castor (n.)
- late 14c., "beaver," from Old French castor (13c.), from Latin castor "beaver," from Greek Kastor, literally "he who excels," name of one of the divine twins (with Pollux), worshipped by women in ancient Greece as a healer and preserver from disease.
His name was given to secretions of the animal (Latin castoreum), used medicinally in ancient times. (Through this association his name replaced the native Latin word for "beaver," which was fiber.) In English, castor is attested in this sense from c. 1600. Modern castor oil is first recorded 1746; it is made from seeds of the plant Ricinus communis but supposedly possesses laxative qualities (and taste) similar to those of beaver juice, and thus so named.
雙語例句
- 1. She has gone to bed and had a dose of castor oil.
- 她服用了一劑蓖麻油，已經(jīng)上床睡了。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. He filled a cup with kerosene, castor oil and vinegar.
- 他往杯子里裝滿了煤油 、 蓖麻油和醋.
來自辭典例句
- 3. The size and the command timbre of Gus's voice startled Castor.
- 格斯說話的嗓門和命令口吻使卡斯托吃了一驚.
來自辭典例句
- 4. Castor oil moves the bowels.
- 蓖麻油能通便.
來自辭典例句
- 5. He scrawled a few notes to Castor.
- 他潦草地給卡斯特寫了幾張貨物清單.
來自辭典例句