cygnet

英 ['sɪgnɪt] 美['sɪɡnət]
  • n. 小天鹅

GRE

词态变化


复数: cygnets;

中文词源


cygnet 幼天鹅

来自拉丁词cygnus,幼天鹅。

英文词源


cygnet
cygnet: [15] A cygnet is literally a ‘small swan’. The late Old French term for ‘swan’ was cigne, and this was modified with the diminutive suffix -et, probably in Anglo-Norman, to produce *cignet, the source of the English word. Cigne, precursor of modern French cygne, strikes a familiar chord, but in fact its Latin source, cygnus, is a comparatively late development. The standard classical Latin word for ‘swan’ was cycnus, from Greek kúknos, which produced in early Old French cisne. A trace of it survives in Spanish cisne ‘swan’.
cygnet (n.)
c. 1400, also signet before 17c., from Anglo-French, diminutive of Old French cigne, cisne "swan" (12c., Modern French cygne), from Latin cygnus, from Greek kyknos, perhaps from PIE *keuk- "to be white."

双语例句


1. A young swan is called a cygnet.
小天鹅叫做“cygnet”.

来自《简明英汉词典》

2. However, not just anyone will be able to buy a Cygnet.
然而,不只是所有人都能够购买小天鹅。

来自辞典例句