1. peel => p + eel => 鰻魚的皮兒 =》 剝掉鰻魚的皮兒。
2. reel => r + eel => 因為鰻魚蛇形的魚類,而蛇形是那種長條形具有纏繞特性的形狀。=> 鰻魚纏繞在花兒上。
中文詞源
eel 鰻魚
詞源不詳。
英文詞源
eel (n.)
Old English ?l "eel," from Proto-Germanic *?laz (cognates: Old Frisian -el, Middle Dutch ael, Dutch aal, Old Saxon and Old High German al, German Aal, Old Norse all), which is of unknown origin, with no certain cognates outside Germanic. Used figuratively for slipperiness from at least 1520s.
雙語例句
1. The relationships between ambient temperature and ADMR, AME, EDM, EEL, TDMR, TME, plasma T 3 concentration were curvilinear.