记忆方法
1. pre- "before, forth" + cipit- => precipit- => precipic- (进入法语后的音变变体) + -e => precipice.
2. 本义为：头向前、朝前倾斜。很显然这就是顶部朝前倾斜，顶部向前突出，这就很像悬崖的样子了，所以由此就引申为：悬崖，峭壁。又由此引申为被逼到悬崖边上的那种危险情况。
2. 本义为：头向前、朝前倾斜。很显然这就是顶部朝前倾斜，顶部向前突出，这就很像悬崖的样子了，所以由此就引申为：悬崖，峭壁。又由此引申为被逼到悬崖边上的那种危险情况。
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词族 · precipice
词形变化
派生词
中文词源
precipice 悬崖
pre-,在前，-cip,头，词源同cap,captain.即头在前，一头栽下，引申词义陡坡，陡崖，悬崖等。
英语词源
- precipice
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precipice: [16] The etymological notion underlying precipice is of falling ‘headlong’. It comes via French précipice from Latin praecipitium ‘headlong fall, steep place’. This was derived from praecipitāre ‘throw headlong’ (source of English precipitate [16] and precipitous [17]), a verb based on the adjective praeceps ‘headlong, steep’. This in turn was a compound formed from the prefix prae- ‘in front’ and caput ‘head’ (source of English capital, captain, etc).
=> capital, captain, chief - precipice (n.)
- "steep face of rock," 1630s, from Middle French précipice, from Latin praecipitium "a steep place," literally "a fall or leap," from praeceps (genitive praecipitis) "steep, headlong, headfirst," from prae "before, forth" (see pre-) + caput "head" (see head (n.)). Earlier in English as a verb (1590s) meaning "fall to great depth."
权威例句
- 1. The hut hung half over the edge of the precipice.
- 那间小屋有一半悬在峭壁边上.
- 2. They were perilously close to the edge of the precipice.
- 他们离悬崖边很近,十分危险.
- 3. A slight carelessness on this precipice could cost a man his life.
- 在这悬崖上稍一疏忽,就会使人丧生.
- 4. Watching him climb up the precipice, everybody was breathless with anxiety.
- 看着他往悬崖上爬, 大家都捏一把汗.
- 5. The climber fell down a precipice.
- 爬山者跌下了悬崖.