welkin
英 [ˈwelkɪn]
美 [ˈwɛlkɪn]
- n. 天空；苍穹；天宫
中文词源
welkin 天空，苍穹
来自PIE*welg,湿的，降水，引申词义云彩，天空，现该词主要见于古文。词义演变比较sky,原义为云彩。
英语词源
- welkin (n.)
- "sky" (poetic), Old English wolcen "cloud," also "sky, heavens," from Proto-Germanic *welk- (cognates: Old Saxon wolkan, Old Frisian wolken, Middle Dutch wolke, Dutch wolk, Old High German wolka, German Wolke "cloud," from PIE *welg- "wet" (cognates: Lithuanian vilgyti "to moisten," Old Church Slavonic vlaga "moisture," Czech vlhky "damp").
权威例句
- 1. He danced , howled, raved , and otherwise disturbed the welkin.
- 他又跳, 又吼,又叫, 使尽各种伎俩来搅扰这苍穹.
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