wight

英 [waɪt] 美 [waɪt]
  • n. 人类；生物
  • n. (Wight)人名；(英)怀特
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中文词源

wight 人，生灵，鬼，幽灵

来自古英语wiht,人，生物，生灵，来自PIE*wekti,原因，事物，物体，词源同aught,naught,whit,进一步来自PIE*wekw,说，告知，词源同voice,invoke.幽灵义最早来自《魔戒》作者J.R.R. Tolkien在描述中土世界时的使用，并逐渐成为该词的主要词义。

英文词源

wight (n.)
Old English wiht "living being, creature, person; something, anything," from Proto-Germanic *wihti- (cognates: Old Saxon wiht "thing, demon," Dutch wicht "a little child," Old High German wiht "thing, creature, demon," German Wicht "creature, little child," Old Norse vettr "thing, creature," Swedish vätte "spirit of the earth, gnome," Gothic waihts "something"), from PIE *wekti- "thing, creature" (source also of Old Church Slavonic vešti "a thing"). Not related to the Isle of Wight, which is from Latin Vectis (c. 150), originally Celtic, possibly meaning "place of the division."

双语例句

1. After much cogitation, we decided to move to the Isle of Wight.
经过慎重考虑后，我们决定搬到怀特岛去。

来自柯林斯例句

2. She sought the advice of their old friend from Isle of Wight days , John Stebbings.
她征求了在怀特岛时认识的老朋友约翰·斯特宾斯的意见.

来自辞典例句

3. Thomas Arnold , English educationalist , was born on the Isle of Wight.
英国教育家 托马斯·诺德 生于怀特岛.

来自互联网

4. In the Isle of Wight, if it's not too dear.
在怀特岛上, 只要不是太贵.

来自互联网

5. Horses would not have been lacking in the Isle of Wight.
在怀特岛上,马匹是不可或缺的.

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