Greek 英 [gri:k]   美 [ɡrik]

Greek

Greek  英 [gri:k] 美 [ɡrik]

n. 希腊语;希腊人  adj. 希腊的;希腊人的,希腊语的 

名词复数:greeks 

Many English words are derived from Latin and Greek words. 许多英语词汇来自或源出拉丁语和希腊语词汇。

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  • n. 希腊语;希腊人
  • adj. 希腊的;希腊人的,希腊语的
  • 1. Many English words are derived from Latin and Greek words.

    许多英语词汇来自或源出拉丁语和希腊语词汇。

  • Greek (adj.) late 14c., "of Greece or its people," from Greek (n.). Earlier Gregeis (c. 1200), from Old French Gregois; also Greekish (Old English Grecisc). From 1540s as "of the Greek language;" 1550s as "of the Eastern Church." From 1888 as "of Greek-letter fraternities." In venery, "anal," by 1970. Greek fire "inflammable substance invented 7c. by Callinicus of Heliopolis and used by the Byzantines (who in the Middle Ages were known as 'Greeks')" is from c. 1400, earlier Grickisce fure (c. 1200). Greek gift is from "Æneid," II.49: "timeo Danaos et dona ferentes."
  • Greek (n.) Old English Grecas, Crecas (plural) "Greeks, inhabitants of Greece," early Germanic borrowing from Latin Graeci "the Hellenes," apparently from Greek Graikoi. Aristotle, who was the first to use Graikhos as equivalent to Hellenes ("Meteorologica" I.xiv), wrote that it was the name originally used by Illyrians for the Dorians in Epirus, from Graii, native name of the people of Epirus.
Greek / ɡriːk ; NAmE ɡriːk / noun 1 [countable ] a person from modern or ancient Greece 希腊人;古希腊人 2 [uncountable ] the language of modern or ancient Greece 希腊语 3 [countable ] ( NAmE) a member of a fraternityor a sororityat a college or university (大学的)学生联谊会会员,女生联谊会会员 IDIOM it's all ˈGreek to me ( informal, saying) I cannot understand it 我全然不懂;我一窍不通 She tried to explain how the system works, but it's all Greek to me. 她努力解释系统如何运作,可我就是怎么也弄不明白。 Greek Greeks Greek / ɡriːk ; NAmE ɡriːk /
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