arrow
英 ['ærəʊ]
美['æro]
- n. 箭，箭头；箭状物；箭头记号
- vt. 以箭头指示；箭一般地飞向
- n. (Arrow)人名；(英)阿罗
词态变化
复数: arrows;
中文词源
arrow 箭
来自arc, 弧，弓。拼写受row影响俗化。
英英释意
- 1. a mark to indicate a direction or relation
- 2. a projectile with a straight thin shaft and an arrowhead on one end and stabilizing vanes on the other; intended to be shot from a bow
英文词源
- arrow
- arrow: [OE] Appropriately enough, the word arrow comes from the same ultimate Indo- European source that produced the Latin word for ‘bow’ – *arkw-. The Latin descendant of this was arcus (whence English arc and arch), but in Germanic it became *arkhw-. From this basic ‘bow’ word were formed derivatives in various Germanic languages meaning literally ‘that which belongs to the bow’ – that is, ‘arrow’ (Gothic, for instance, had arhwazna).
The Old English version of this was earh, but it is recorded only once, and the commonest words for ‘arrow’ in Old English were strǣl (still apparently in use in Sussex in the 19th century, and related to German strahl ‘ray’) and fiān (which remained in Scottish English until around 1500). Modern English arrow seems to be a 9th-century reborrowing from Old Norse *arw-.
=> arc, arch - arrow (n.)
- early 14c., from Old English arwan, earlier earh "arrow," possibly borrowed from Old Norse ör (genitive örvar), from Proto-Germanic *arkhwo (cognates: Gothic arhwanza), from PIE root *arku- "bow and/or arrow," source of Latin arcus (see arc (n.)). The ground sense would be "the thing belonging to the bow," perhaps a superstitious avoidance of the actual name.
A rare word in Old English, where more common words for "arrow" were stræl (cognate with the word still common in Slavic, once prevalent in Germanic, too; meaning related to "flash, streak") and fla, flan, a North Germanic word, perhaps originally with the sense of "splinter." Stræl disappeared by 1200; fla lingered in Scottish until after 1500. Meaning "a mark like an arrow in cartography, etc." is from 1834.Robyn bent his joly bowe,
Therein he set a flo.
["Robyn and Gandelyn," in minstrel book, c. 1450, in British Museum]
考试真题
- An officer then shot an arrow to put it to sleep.
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实用场景例句
- An arrow pointed to the toilets.
- 箭头指向卫生间。
柯林斯例句
- a bow and arrow
- 弓箭
《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
- He was armed with a bow and arrow .
- 他佩带着弓箭。
《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
- The arrow pierced his shoulder.
- 箭头射入他的肩膀。
《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
- Use the arrow keys to scroll through the list of files.
- 用箭头键把文件目录滚动一遍。
《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
- Turn right where you see a waymark arrow.
- 看到箭头路标就向右转。
《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
- An arrow with a four - edged head is shot from a crossbow.
- 有四面刃头的箭是从石弓发出来的.
《简明英汉词典》
- The arrow flew off and hit the bull's eye.
- 箭离弦飞去,射中了那靶心.
《简明英汉词典》
- The archer strung his bow and aimed an arrow at the target.
- 弓箭手拉紧弓弦将箭瞄准靶子.
《简明英汉词典》
- The letter was nailed to the wall with an arrow.
- 一支箭把信钉在了墙上.
《简明英汉词典》
- A mind bent on returning is like an arrow.
- 归心似箭.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- He was shot in the shoulder with an arrow.
- 他的肩膀被箭射中.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- The hunter lodged an arrow in the tiger's head.
- 猎人一箭射中老虎的头.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- The modern airplane can arrow upward to 20, 000 feet.
- 现代的飞机能够如箭般地飞达20, 000英尺的高度.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- He drew the bow and shot an arrow.
- 他张弓射箭.
《简明英汉词典》