ettin

[人名] 埃廷

发音

US /ˈɛtɪn/

词形变化

ettins 复数 ettins

别名

etin etten eaton yetun yotun yeten yetin Etene Yttin Ytene

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A giant.

    古体 方言

    He asked the wife if he might stay for the night, as he was tired with a long journey; and the wife said he might, but it was not a good place for him to be in, as it belonged to the Red Ettin, who was a very terrible beast, with three heads, that spared no living man it could get hold of.

  2. 2.

    A giant with two heads.

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词源

From Middle English eten, etend, from Old English eoten (“giant, monster, enemy”), from Proto-West Germanic *etun, from Proto-Germanic *etunaz (“giant, glutton”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed- (“to eat”). Cognate with Icelandic jötunn (“giant”), Swedish jätte (“giant”), Danish jætte (“giant”). Doublet of jotun.

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