请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 mediterrany
释义

Mediterranyadj.n.

Forms: late Middle English Mediterranye, late Middle English 1600s Mediterrany.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin mediterraneus.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin mediterraneus (in the phrase mare mediterraneum : see Mediterranean adj.). Compare French Méditerrané (1534 in Middle French in phrase mer Méditerrané : see Mediterranean adj. and n.). Compare Mediterrane adj. and n.The syntactic analysis of the examples at branch B. is not entirely certain; they could perhaps both be construed as showing adjectival use (perhaps supported by the fact that in quot. ?a1475 at sense A. the word translates an adjective in the Latin text).
Obsolete.
A. adj.
= Mediterranean adj. 1a. In quots. used as postmodifier.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > water > lake > [adjective] > land-locked
Mediterrane?a1425
Mediterrany?a1425
Midland1579
Mediterranean1601
Mediterraneal1609
?a1425 Mandeville's Trav. (Egerton) (1889) 150 (MED) Þe secund riuer..rynnez in to þe see Mediterrany.
?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1865) I. 47 The depeste place in the see Mediterrany or occean [L. maris Mediterranei] conteynethe the space of xv forlonges.
B. n.
The Mediterranean Sea.See etymological note.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > water > sea or ocean > specific seas > [noun] > Mediterranean Sea
the great sea1382
sea of middle eartha1387
South Seaa1398
Mediterrany?a1475
Mediterranean Sea?1556
mid-earth sea1559
Midland Sea1579
Mediterrane1582
Mediterranean1621
middle-land sea1650
Great Lake1857
Mare Nostrum1921
Med?1942
?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1865) I. 53 (MED) Of the grete see or Mediterranye [L. De mari magno sive Mediterraneo].
1600 J. Norden Vicissitudo Rerum sig. C4v The Ocean hath..the ebbings, and the fluctions, Sixe houres rising, sixe howers digressions: So eke the sea term'd Mediterrany.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
<
adj.n.?a1425
随便看

 

英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2025/1/11 19:01:51