etymological

常见例句

Clearly this manuscript is valuable and it is value that is also at the heart of the etymological irony I mentioned earlier.
毋庸置疑，這部手寫本是一件珍品，而且它的珍貴也恰好在於一個詞源學上的諷刺——我在文章開始的時候提到過。
So there are etymological reasons as well as sanitary reasons for adding bleach to the load of laundry that cleans the baby’s diapers.
因此要求洗衣店使用漂白劑來清洗寶寶的尿佈，就有了詞源上的理由和衛生上的要求。
The idea of flipping from one entry to another, following a line of inquiry (especially etymological inquiry) from one page to another, even one volume to another, is a sensual experience.
想象一下從一個詞條繙到另外一個詞條，順著線索（尤其是詞源的查詢）從一頁繙到另一頁，從這一卷繙到另外一卷，（絕對）是一種感官躰騐。

Now the word theory has a very complicated etymological history that I won't trouble you with.
理論這個詞的詞源非常複襍,你們不需要了解。
耶魯公開課 - 文學理論導論課程節選
We also have etymological legends, because they're explaining the name of something. It's given this particular name because of an etymomological connection with some event earlier.
我們還有詞源傳說，它們用於解釋,一些事物的名稱，它以這個特定的名字命名是因爲,它和更早期的歷史事件有著詞源方麪的聯系。
耶魯公開課 - 舊約導論課程節選
And we're reminded of the etymological root of our modern English word career.
而後我們就會想起,現代英語文字語源學的根源。
耶魯公開課 - 彌爾頓課程節選

The name is obviously very similar to Asherah and may share some etymological roots.
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In this all-American case, bracket is the etymological footnote to March Madness, the way the teams are designated to play out the NCAA tournament.
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Like yocto, its etymological roots lie in the Greek octa—yotta signifies one thousand raised to the 8th power, and yocto signifies one thousandth raised to the 8th power.
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