luke

FREQ #2189

n. 卢克（男子名）；路加（基督教早期信徒之一）；[圣经]路加福音

发音

/l(j)uːk/
/lɪu̯k/

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    lukewarm

    Then one of them turned coward on account of the exceeding chill, cast away his faith, and desired to bathe himself in the luke water, and turned from his companions; but he died as soon as he touched the water, and the warmness was turned into death to him […]

相关短语

little summer of St. Luke little summers of St. Luke little summer of St Luke little summers of St Luke St. Luke's summer

词源

From Middle English leuȝke, leuk, leuke, lewk, lewke, louk, luk, luke, lheuc, probably from Old English *hlēoc beside hlēow- (whence lew); compare rēoc and rēow, slēac and unslēaw, etc. Alternatively, perhaps from a verb, Old English *hlēowcian, *hlīewcian (“to make tepid or lukewarm”), whence possibly Middle English leuken (“to make lukewarm”). Compare also Dutch leuk (“lukewarm”), West Frisian lûk (“sly, clever”), Low German luuk (“lively, cheerful", also "lukewarm, dull, indifferent”).

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