中文词源
April 四月
来自拉丁短语mensis Aprilis, 以爱神Aphrodite命名的月份。
英语词源
- April
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April: [14] Aprīlis was the name given by the Romans to the fourth month of the year. It is thought that the word may be based on Apru, an Etruscan borrowing of Greek Aphrō, a shortened version of Aphroditē, the name of the Greek goddess of love. In that case Aprīlis would have signified for the Romans ‘the month of Venus’. English acquired the word direct from Latin, but earlier, in the 13th century, it had borrowed the French version, avril; this survived, as averil, until the 15th century in England, and for longer in Scotland. The term April fool goes back at least to the late 17th century.
=> aphrodite - April
- fourth month, c. 1300, aueril, from Old French avril (11c.), from Latin (mensis) Aprilis, second month of the ancient Roman calendar, of uncertain origin, perhaps based on Apru, an Etruscan borrowing of Greek Aphrodite. Or perhaps *ap(e)rilis "the following, the next," from its place as the second month of the old Roman calendar, from Proto-Italic *ap(e)ro-, from PIE *apo- "away, off" (see apo-; compare Sanskrit aparah "second," Gothic afar "after"). With month-name suffix -ilis as in Quintilis, Sextilis (the old names of July and August). In English in Latin form from mid-12c. Replaced Old English Eastermonað, which was named for a fertility goddess (see Easter). Re-spelled in Middle English on Latin model (apprile first attested late 14c.).
权威例句
- 1. In April 1944 he was killed on active service.
- 1944年4月他在战时服役中阵亡。
- 2. The present assembly will be dissolved on April 30th.
- 现在的议会将于4月30日解散。
- 3. They were sentenced to death for their part in April's coup attempt.
- 他们因参与了4月份的政变而被判处死刑。
- 4. Millions of wild flowers colour the valleys, especially in April and May.
- 尤其是在四五月份，不计其数的野花盛开，山谷里一片绚烂色彩。
- 5. Supergroup U2 will appear at Wembley Stadium on April 20.
- 4月20日，超人气乐团 U2将现身温布利体育场。
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