记忆方法
1、toy 玩具：最早先指「寻乐、调情」，后来才指小孩玩的玩意儿，来源本身说不死。
2、一说来自荷兰语 toy「小器具」，词根是 PIE *deuk-「拉、引出」，和 tow(拖)、tie(系)、duct(导管)同族。
3、动词 toy with 表示「随便摆弄、不当真」，还是「只是玩玩」那个核心。
2、一说来自荷兰语 toy「小器具」，词根是 PIE *deuk-「拉、引出」，和 tow(拖)、tie(系)、duct(导管)同族。
3、动词 toy with 表示「随便摆弄、不当真」，还是「只是玩玩」那个核心。
机器生成的内容难免有错，看到不靠谱的拆解请告诉我们
词族 · toy
中文词源
toy 玩具
来 自 中 古 英 语 toye, 玩 具 ， 玩 物 ， 可 能 来 自 荷 兰 语 toy, 工 具 ， 设 备 ， 装 饰 品 ， 来 自 Proto-Germanic*teuhana,拉出，引出，来自 PIE*deuk,拉，引导，词源同 tow,tie,duct.
英语词源
- toy
-
toy: [14] Nothing is known for certain about the origins of toy. It originally meant ‘amorous dalliance’ (‘So said he, and forbore not glance or toy, of amorous intent, well understood of Eve’, Milton, Paradise Lost 1667), traces of which survive in the verbal sense ‘amuse oneself idly’. ‘Plaything’ first appeared towards the end of the 16th century.
- toy (n.)
- c. 1300, "amorous playing, sport," later "piece of fun or entertainment" (c. 1500), "thing of little value, trifle" (1520s), and "thing for a child to play with" (1580s). Of uncertain origin, and there may be more than one word here. Compare Middle Dutch toy, Dutch tuig "tools, apparatus; stuff, trash," in speeltuig "play-toy, plaything;" German Zeug "stuff, matter, tools," Spielzeug "plaything, toy;" Danish tøi, Swedish tyg "stuff, gear." Applied as an adjective to things of diminutive size, especially dogs, from 1806. Toy-boy is from 1981.
- toy (v.)
- "deal carelessly (with), trifle," 1520s, from toy (n.) in its older sense.
If he be merie and toy with any,
Related: Toyed; toying.
His wife will frowne, and words geve manye.
["Song of the Bachelor's Life," 16c.]
权威例句
- 1. A toy store has marked down the Sonic Hedgehog computer game.
- 一家玩具店降低了电脑游戏《刺猬索尼克》的售价。
- 2. Retooling, or recasting new toy moulds, is a slow and expensive process.
- 更换机器或者重新铸造新的玩具模具都是一个耗费时间和财力的过程。
- 3. Toy manufacturers began promoting some of their products on television.
- 玩具制造商开始在电视上推销他们的一些产品。
- 4. We rap the manufacturers on their knuckles if the toy is shoddy.
- 如果玩具质量低劣，我们会痛斥制造商。
- 5. I think we have found a niche in the toy market.
- 我想我们已经在玩具市场找到了一个商机。