hirn

发音

UK /ˈhɜːn/
US /ˈhɝn/

词形变化

hirns 复数 hirns

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Corner; nook; hiding-place.

    苏格兰 英国 方言

词源

From Middle English hirne, herne, from Old English hyrne (“horn, corner, angle”), from Proto-West Germanic *hurnijā, from Proto-Germanic *hurnijǭ (“horn, corner, angle”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-. Proto-Germanic *hurnijǭ is a diminutive form of *hurną, from which comes English horn. Doublet of hern.

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