Catherine

凯瑟琳

发音

其它 /ˈkæθ(ə)ɹɪn/

别名

Catharine Katharine Katherine Kathryn Catheryn Cathryn Katheryn

释义与例句

name
  1. 1.

    A female given name from Ancient Greek.

    凯瑟琳

    - - - despite of what you say of my fine name, I think my head is so obstinate and inflexible that the name Catherine was well chosen. It suits my character. I was given the name by the late Empress Elisabeth, to whom I owe much; she gave it to me out of affection and out of respect for her mother

相关短语

Catherine wheel 轮转烟火；车轮形窗；圆花窗 Catherine wheels Catherine pear Catherine pears Catherine Archipelago Catherine wheel cookie Catherine wheel cookies Catherine Field Catherine Hill Bay Saint Catherine Mount Catherine

词源

Borrowed from French Catherine, from Ancient Greek Αἰκατερίνη (Aikaterínē), *Ἑκατερίνη (*Hekaterínē), of debated meaning, possibly from ἑκάτερος (hekáteros, “each of the two”), or from the name of the goddess Hecate. The apheresis of the first syllable as well as the spelling with ⟨th⟩ in Latin languages, German and English, is due to a folk etymology, dating from Roman times, which associated the name with the Ancient Greek καθαρός (katharós, “pure”). The name belonged to a 4th-century saint and martyr from Alexandria who was tortured on the wheel from where the term Catherine wheel originates.

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