avalanche

来自俗词源。avaler, 向下，同valance, 挂布。-anche, 同后缀ance.

avalanche

avalanche: [18] Not surprisingly, avalanche originated in the Alps. The French dialect of Savoy, an area near the Italian border in the western Alps, had a term lavantse, apparently derived from a Vulgar Latin *labanca (whence Provençal lavanca). Through association with the verb avaler ‘descend’ (see DOWN), this underwent metathesis (transposition of l and v) to produce in the Romansh language of Switzerland avalantze, which was borrowed into French as avalanche.

avalanche (n.)

1763, from French avalanche (17c.), from Romansch (Swiss) avalantze "descent," altered (by metathesis of -l- and -v-, probably influenced by Old French avaler "to descend, go down") from Savoy dialect lavantse, from Provençal lavanca "avalanche," perhaps from a pre-Latin Alpine language (the suffix -anca suggests Ligurian). As a verb, from 1872.

1. Khalil heard the thunder of an avalanche.

哈利勒听到了雪崩传来的轰隆声。

2. alpine villages destroyed in an avalanche

在一场雪崩中被摧毁的高山村庄

3. They were killed by an avalanche in the Swiss Alps.

他们在瑞士阿尔卑斯山的一次雪崩中罹难.

4. Headquarters was swamped by an avalanche of applications for battle assignments.

请战书像雪片似地飞向指挥部.

5. He was swept away in an avalanche.

他在一次雪崩中被卷走了.