ford
英 [f??d]
美[f?rd]
- n. 淺灘；Ford：福特汽車(chē)公司
- vi. 涉水而過(guò)
- vt. 涉過(guò)；徒涉
TEM4TOEFLCET6+GRE低頻詞常用詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?fords;第三人稱(chēng)單數(shù):?fords;過(guò)去式:?forded;過(guò)去分詞:?forded;現(xiàn)在分詞:?fording;
助記提示
1. Oxford => ford.
2. Ford (福特汽車(chē)) => ford: 汽車(chē)涉水而過(guò)。
2. Ford (福特汽車(chē)) => ford: 汽車(chē)涉水而過(guò)。
中文詞源
ford 淺灘
來(lái)自PIE*per, 向前，穿過(guò)，詞源同far, forth. 用來(lái)指淺灘。
英文詞源
- ford
- ford: [OE] Ford is an ancient word, whose origins can be traced back as far as prehistoric Indo- European *prtús, a derivative of *por- ‘going, passage’, which also produced English fare and ferry. Descendants of *prtús include Latin portus ‘harbour’ (source of English port), Welsh rhyd ‘ford’, West Germanic *furduz (whence German furt ‘ford’ and English ford) and North Germanic *ferthuz (source of English fiord or fjord [17] and firth [15]).
=> fare, ferry, fiord, firth, fjord, ford, port - ford (v.)
- "to cross a body of water by walking on the bottom," 1610s, from ford (n.). Related: Forded; fording.
- ford (n.)
- Old English ford "shallow place where water can be crossed," from Proto-Germanic *furduz (cognates: Old Frisian forda, Old High German furt, German Furt "ford"), from PIE *prtu- "a going, a passage" (cognates: Latin portus "harbor," originally "entrance, passage;" Old Welsh rit, Welsh rhyd "ford;" Old English faran "to go;" see port (n.1)). The line of automobiles (company founded 1903) is named for U.S. manufacturer Henry Ford (1863-1947).
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. Working with Ford closely, I fell in love with the cinema.
- 與福特的密切合作開(kāi)始令我愛(ài)上了電影。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 2. Ford never desisted from trying to persuade him to return to America.
- 福特從未停止過(guò)勸說(shuō)他返回美國(guó)。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 3. Ford had the bright idea of paying workers enough to buy cars.
- 福特公司想出了一絕妙的主意：付給工人足夠的薪水去購(gòu)買(mǎi)汽車(chē)。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 4. Even Ford, who seldom smiled, laughed out loud a few times.
- 即使是很少笑的福特，有幾次也笑出聲來(lái)。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 5. Several manufacturers are also nibbling away at Ford's traditional customer base.
- 幾家制造商也在蠶食福特公司的傳統(tǒng)客戶群。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句