记忆方法
1. 谐音比较像“星巴克”-----所以与“火星、火花”有关。
2. 星火英语：Spark.
2. 星火英语：Spark.
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词族 · spark
中文词源
spark 火花，火星，才华，热情
来自古英语 speraca,火花，火星，来自 Proto-Germanic*spark,火花，来自 PIE*sperg,播，洒， 溅，来自 PIE*sper,播，洒，词源同 sprinkle,sparse,sperm.引申比喻义才华，热情等。
英语词源
- spark (n.)
- Old English spearca "glowing or fiery particle thrown off," from Proto-Germanic *spark- (cognates: Middle Low German sparke, Middle Dutch spranke, not found in other Germanic languages). Electrical sense dates from 1748. Old French esparque is from Germanic.
Slang sense of "a gallant, a showy beau, a roisterer" (c. 1600) is perhaps a figurative use, but also perhaps from cognate Old Norse sparkr "lively." Spark plug first recorded 1902 (sparking plug is from 1899); figurative sense of "one who initiates or is a driving force in some activity" is from 1941. - spark (v.)
- c. 1200, "to emit sparks," from spark (n.). Meaning "to affect by an electrical spark" is from 1889. Figurative meaning "stimulate, to trigger" first attested 1912. Meaning "to play the gallant, to court" is from the 17c. secondary sense of the noun. Related: Sparked; sparking.
权威例句
- 1. He passed an electric spark through a mixture of gases.
- 他让一束电火花穿过了一团混合气体。
- 2. Some bright spark turned the heating off last night!
- 某个聪明过头的家伙昨晚把暖气关了。
- 3. His music lacked that vital spark of imagination.
- 他的音乐缺少非常关键的那一点灵感。
- 4. A mischievous spark glinted in his eyes.
- 他眼中闪现出一丝顽皮的神情。
- 5. Even Oliver felt a tiny spark of excitement.
- 连奥利弗都感到一丝兴奋。