auburn

英 ['ɔːbən; 'ɔːbɜːn]美 ['ɔbɚn]
  • n. 赤褐色
  • adj. 赤褐色的，赭色的
  • n. (Auburn)人名；(英)奥伯恩
低频词 畅通词汇

助记提示

1. from Medieval Latin alburnus "off-white, whitish," from Latin albus "white".
2. alb- + urn- => alburn- => auburn (al- => au-, 古法语引入时，发生的音变).
3. 该词的含义发生了几次变迁，虽然同样是表颜色，但已经完全脱离了其原始含义。
4. 含义变迁过程：off-white, whitish. => yellowish-white, flaxen (该词最初引入英语时的含义). => reddish-brown (受brown的影响，其含义演变成了如今的含义).

中文词源

auburn 红褐色的

来自词根alb, 白色的，见albumen,蛋白。字母l弱化成u, 词义受brown影响。

英文词源

auburn
auburn: [15] The colour of auburn has changed over the centuries. The word comes originally from Latin albus ‘white’ (whence English album, albino, alb, albedo, and albion), from which was derived in medieval Latin alburnus ‘off-white’. This passed via Old French alborne, auborne into English, still meaning ‘yellowishwhite’. From the 15th to the 17th century it was often spelled abrun or abrown, and it seems likely that its similarity to brown led to its gradual shift in meaning to ‘golden-brown’ or ‘reddish-brown’ over the centuries.
=> albino, album
auburn (n.)
early 15c., from Old French auborne, from Medieval Latin alburnus "off-white, whitish," from Latin albus "white" (see alb). It came to English meaning "yellowish-white, flaxen," but shifted 16c. to "reddish-brown" under influence of Middle English brun "brown," which also changed the spelling.

双语例句

1. She had a mass of auburn hair.
她有一头浓密的棕发。
来自柯林斯例句
2. She shook her mane of auburn hair.
她甩动她红褐色的长发.
来自《简明英汉词典》
3. Her stylishly short auburn hair was streaked naturally with gray.
她时髦的金棕色短发里自然地夹着几丝灰发.
来自辞典例句
4. Clyde was removed to Auburn.
克莱德就要被移解到奥本去.
来自辞典例句
5. Auburn government and its citizens all made great contributions to it.
奥本市政厅和奥本市民也都有出色的贡献.
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