athel

发音

/ˈæθəl/
/ˈeɪθəl/

词形变化

athels 复数 more athel 比较级 most athel 最高级

别名

athil athill aethel æthel ethel

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A chief or lord.

    废旧
  2. 1.

    A kind of tamarisk native to northern Africa and the Middle East, Tamarix aphylla, planted widely elsewhere as a shade tree and a windbreak due to its tolerance of heat and of alkaline soils, but tending to become invasive outside of its native range.

adj.
  1. 1.

    noble, highborn

    废旧
  2. 2.

    excellent, splendid, fine

    废旧
  3. 3.

    genuine, sincere, devout

    废旧

词源

From Middle English athel, ethel, hathel (“noble; nobleman, hero”), from Old English æþele (“noble”), from Proto-West Germanic *aþulī, from Proto-Germanic *aþulijaz (“of noble birth, noble”), from *aþalą (“nature; nobility”). Cognates Akin to Saterland Frisian eedel (“noble”), Oadel (“nobility”), West Frisian eal (“noble”), Dutch adel (“nobility”), edel (“noble”), German Adel (“nobility”), edel (“noble”), Yiddish אַדל (adl, “nobility”), איידל (eydl, “noble”), Elfdalian aðel (“noble; nobility”), Faroese aðal (“noble; nobility”), Icelandic aðal (“speciality, hallmark, characteristic”), aðall (“nobility”). Middle English form hathel due to conflation with Old English hæleþ (“hero”). See heleth.

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