中文词源
Wednesday 星期三
来自古英语wodnesdaeg,即Woden’s day,来自日耳曼主神Woden，对应罗马主神Jupiter.
英语词源
- Wednesday
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Wednesday: [OE] The Romans called the middle day of the week Mercurii diēs ‘Mercury’s day’ (source of French mercredi, Italian mercoledì, and Spanish miercoles). The Germanic peoples equated Mercury with their own god Woden or Odin (whose name may etymologically mean the ‘inspired or mad one’), and they translated the Latin term accordingly, giving Dutch woensdag, Swedish and Danish onsdag, and English Wednesday.
- Wednesday (n.)
- fourth day of the week, Old English wodnesdæg "Woden's day," a Germanic loan-translation of Latin dies Mercurii "day of Mercury" (compare Old Norse Oðinsdagr, Swedish Onsdag, Old Frisian Wonsdei, Middle Dutch Wudensdach). For Woden, see Odin.
Contracted pronunciation is recorded from 15c. The Odin-based name is missing in German (mittwoch, from Old High German mittwocha, literally "mid-week"), probably by influence of Gothic, which seems to have adopted a pure ecclesiastical (i.e. non-astrological) week from Greek missionaries. The Gothic model also seems to be the source of Polish środa, Russian sreda "Wednesday," literally "middle."
权威例句
- 1. Roland Nilsson last night backed Sheffield Wednesday to win the UEFA Cup.
- 昨晚罗兰·尼尔森打赌谢菲尔德周三队会捧得欧洲联盟杯。
- 2. Meanwhile the race is on to resurface the road before next Wednesday.
- 与此同时正赶着在下周三之前把路面重新铺好。
- 3. Steve had told her that he'dbeen in an accident on Wednesday night.
- 史蒂夫已经告诉过她自己周三晚上出了事故。
- 4. The capital has been without mains water since Wednesday night.
- 从周三晚上开始，首都就停水了。
- 5. The immediate flashpoint was Wednesday's big rally in the city centre.
- 星期三市中心的大集会成了直接的导火索。
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