album
英 ['ælbəm]
美['ælbəm]
- n. 相簿；唱片集；集邮簿；签名纪念册
词态变化
复数: albums;
助记提示
1. alb- + -um (拉丁语后缀).
2. 该词本意为：白色，洁白(white color, whiteness)。
3. 在古代，使用这个词表示罗马教皇在空白的牌匾上记录一年中重大的事情，后来由此被德国学者借用过去表示由同事、同僚在空白册子上签了名的签名册，后来含义由此泛化为表示记录下来、收集起来供收藏、纪念的各种册、集、簿等。
2. 该词本意为：白色，洁白(white color, whiteness)。
3. 在古代，使用这个词表示罗马教皇在空白的牌匾上记录一年中重大的事情，后来由此被德国学者借用过去表示由同事、同僚在空白册子上签了名的签名册，后来含义由此泛化为表示记录下来、收集起来供收藏、纪念的各种册、集、簿等。
中文词源
album 相册
来自词根alb, 白色。原指古时候用来登记姓名，记录重大事件的白板。
英英释意
- 1. one or more recordings issued together; originally released on 12-inch phonograph records (usually with attractive record covers) and later on cassette audio tape and compact disc
- 2. a book of blank pages with pockets or envelopes; for organizing photographs or stamp collections etc
英文词源
- album
- album: [17] Latin albus ‘white’ has been the source of a variety of English words: alb ‘ecclesiastical tunic’ [OE], albedo ‘reflective power’ [19], Albion [13], an old word for Britain, probably with reference to its white cliffs, albumen ‘white of egg’ [16], and auburn, as well as albino. Album is a nominalization of the neuter form of the adjective, which was used in classical times for a blank, or white, tablet on which public notices were inscribed.
Its original adoption in the modern era seems to have been in Germany, where scholars kept an album amicorum ‘album of friends’ in which to collect colleagues’ signatures. This notion of an autograph book continues in Dr Johnson’s definition of album in his Dictionary 1755: ‘a book in which foreigners have long been accustomed to insert the autographs of celebrated people’, but gradually it became a repository for all sorts of souvenirs, including in due course photographs.
=> alb, albedo, albino, albumen, auburn, daub - album (n.)
- 1650s, from Latin album "white color, whiteness," neuter of albus "white" (see alb). In classical times "a blank tablet on which the Pontifex Maximus registered the principal events of the year; a list of names." Revived 16c. by German scholars whose custom was to keep an album amicorum of colleagues' signatures; meaning then expanded into "book to collect souvenirs." According to Johnson, "a book in which foreigners have long been accustomed to insert autographs of celebrated people." Photographic albums first recorded 1859. Meaning "long-playing gramophone record" is by 1951, because the sleeves they came in resembled large albums.
考试真题
- In 1966, soon after the Beatles had finished work on "Rubber Soul", Paul McCartney looked into the possibility of going to America to record their next album.
出自-2013年12月阅读原文
实用场景例句
- a photo album
- 相册
牛津词典
- the band's latest album
- 这个乐队的最新专辑
牛津词典
- Theresa showed me her photo album.
- 特雷莎给我看她的相册。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Chris likes music and has a large collection of albums and cassettes.
- 克里斯喜欢音乐，收集了大量的唱片和磁带。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- No case of pneumothorax or fatality was found. There were 2 patients with small postoperative hemoptysis.
- 术后小量咯血2例,未发生气胸及死亡病例.
期刊摘选
- She treasures her photo album.
- 她珍爱她的相册.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- Will you look over his album?
- 你要不要去看看他的歌集唱片?
《简明英汉词典》
- She sang several numbers from her latest album.
- 她唱了几首她近期唱片中的歌曲.
《简明英汉词典》
- The photos belong in an album.
- 这些照片应该放在相册里.
《简明英汉词典》
- She made her debut album in 1973.
- 她在1973年推出她的第一套唱片集.
《简明英汉词典》
- All those who have contributed towards the gift will sign their names in a large album which will be sent to the headmaster's home.
- 凡是凑钱买此礼品的人都要在一本大签名簿上签名,这本签名簿要送到校长家里去.
《用法词典》
- the band's latest album
- 这个乐队的最新专辑
《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
- Their new album is their doomiest.
- 他们的新专辑是他们最失败的作品。
《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
- Musically speaking, their latest album is nothing special.
- 就音乐而言，他们最新的专辑没什么特别的。
《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
- When was the last time you listened to an album all the way through?
- 你上一次完整地听完一张专辑是什么时候？
柯林斯例句
- These tracks were calculated to be controversial and attract attention to the album.
- 这些曲子意在引起争议，吸引人们关注这张专辑。
柯林斯例句
- His debut album was hugely successful Stateside.
- 他的首张专辑在美国获得了巨大成功。
柯林斯例句
- Somehow, though, their latest album has a focus that the others have lacked.
- 但是，他们的最新专辑设法找到了其他专辑所欠缺的一种目的性。
柯林斯例句
- "The First Day" is their first collaborative album.
- 《第一天》是他们的首张合作专辑。
柯林斯例句
- Their first album was painfully frank to the point of being confessional.
- 他们的第一张专辑是那么的坦率，近乎自白。
柯林斯例句
- "Daring Adventures" from '86 is a far more cohesive and successful album.
- 1986年发行的《勇于冒险》是一张风格更为统一也更为成功的专辑。
柯林斯例句
- Janet Jackson's new album has been heralded by a massive media campaign.
- 珍妮·杰克逊的新专辑已经在媒体上进行了大规模宣传。
柯林斯例句
- This album is bright, breezy and playful.
- 这张专辑音乐轻松明快，趣味十足。
柯林斯例句
- Even if this album doesn't sell and the critics don't like it, we wouldn't ever change.
- 即使这张专辑得不到市场和评论家的青睐，我们也不会作出任何改变。
柯林斯例句
- The album is finally being released in October after gathering dust for over a year.
- 尘封了一年多后，专辑终于在10月发行。
柯林斯例句
- She dedicated her first album to Woody Allen.
- 她把自己的第一张专辑献给了伍迪·艾伦。
柯林斯例句
- Graeme Naysmith has produced two of the ten tracks on this album.
- 格雷姆·内史密斯创作了这张专辑十首歌中的两首。
柯林斯例句
- His third album is by far his most interesting.
- 他的第三张专辑是迄今最有味道的。
柯林斯例句