lime
英[laɪm]
美[laɪm]
- n. 石灰；酸橙；绿黄色
- vt. 撒石灰于；涂粘鸟胶于
- adj. 绿黄色的
- n. (Lime)人名；(法)利姆
词态变化
复数: limes;第三人称单数: limes;过去式: limed;过去分词: limed;现在分词: liming;
助记提示
1. limb <===> lamb.
2. limp <===> lamp.
3. lime <===> lame.
中文词源
lime 石灰
来自拉丁语limus,污泥，黏质物，来自PIE*slei,黏的，滑的，词源同slime,delete,liniment.引申词义涂沫，石灰。
lime 酸橙来自波斯语limun,柠檬，桔类，词源同lemon.
lime 欧椴树来自古英语lind,欧椴树，词源同linden.拼写比较lamp,lantern.
英文词源
- lime
- lime: English has three distinct words lime, of which by far the oldest is lime the ‘chalky substance’ [OE]. It goes back to a prehistoric Germanic *līm- (shared also by German leim, Dutch lijm, and Swedish limma), a variant of which also produced English loam [OE]. Lime the ‘citrus fruit’ [17] comes via French lime and Provençal limo from Arabic līmah ‘citrus fruit’, which was also the source of English lemon [14].
And lime the ‘tree’ [17] is an alteration of an earlier line, a variant of lind ‘lime tree’ (the closely related linden was acquired in the 16th century, from German lindenbaum or early modern Dutch lindenboom ‘lime tree’).
=> loam; lemon; linden - lime (n.1)
- "chalky mineral used in making mortar," from Old English lim "sticky substance, birdlime, mortar, cement, gluten," from Proto-Germanic *leimaz (cognates: Old Saxon, Old Norse, Danish lim, Dutch lijm, German Leim "birdlime"), from PIE root *(s)lei- "slime, slimy, sticky" (cognates: Latin limus "slime, mud, mire," linere "to smear;" see slime (n.)). Lime is made by putting limestone or shells in a red heat, which burns off the carbonic acid and leaves a brittle white solid which dissolves easily in water. Hence lime-kiln (late 13c.), lime-burner (early 14c.). As a verb, c. 1200, from the noun.
- lime (n.2)
- greenish-yellow citrus fruit, 1630s, probably via Spanish lima, from Arabic limah "citrus fruit," from Persian limun "lemon" (see lemon (n.1)). Related: Limeade (1892), with ending as in lemonade.
- lime (n.3)
- "linden tree," 1620s, earlier line (c. 1500), from Middle English lynde (early 14c.), from Old English lind "lime tree" (see linden). Klein suggests the change of -n- to -m- probably began in compounds whose second element began in a labial (such as line-bark, line-bast). An ornamental European tree unrelated to the tree that produces the citrus fruit.
双语例句
- 1. Lemon and lime juice were both temporarily out of stock.
- 柠檬汁和酸橙汁暂时都缺货。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. She wore a lime-green trouser suit.
- 她穿着一身暗黄绿色的衣裤套装。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. Sophie looked chic in lime green and navy.
- 索菲身着酸橙绿和海军蓝，显得很时尚。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. Add a few drops of lime juice.
- 加几滴酸橙汁。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. I'll have a vodka and lime.
- 我要喝一杯酸橙伏特加。
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