该词词源没有明确线索。根据单词构词规律和造词方式,我们大致可以做如下推测:首先,author常因th被写成t,而与actor混淆。另外,元音字母和元音字母组合(包括与r的组合),不影响词根义的表达。因此,thor可以视作后缀。词根au源自原始印欧语词根*aug-,wax(变得更大)也源自*aug,可以推测,词根au可能脱落了字母W。这一点在德语wachsen与哥特语wahsjan中得到作证。 W在腓尼基字母中,与VYF混用,F表木栓、木钉,这里指刻画文字,即指作者、父亲。 例句: Specifies the name of the author of an application or component, usually thename of the company that developed it. 指定应用程序或组件的作者名,通常是开发它的公司的名称。 脱落W与F通转,表木栓、木钉,引申指刻画文字,再引申指刻画出更多的字,抽象指越来越多、越大等意思。这里指竞拍者出钱越来越多。 例句: The spokeswoman for the auction house said she did not know how the oil painting had wound up inside the sofa. 拍卖行的专家表示他们也搞不明白这副油画是怎么跑到沙发里面的。 例句: he and i continued in close agreement , and he gave his supreme authority tothe views which i expressed. 他和我继续保持完全一致,他对于我所发表的意见,以他个人的最高权威加以支持。 例句: If the shipowner doesn't authorize you to do so, you might as well telephone himfor his instructions. 如果船东未授权你这样做,你不妨打电话请示他。 脱落字母W,与F通转,表木栓、木钉,引申指刻画、拴住、增加。 例句: In Listing 2, I augment the description of me with a few more of theseproperties. 在清单2中,我用这些特性中的几个来增加对我的描述。 词根au表增加,这里指辅助的事物。 例句: He made his way to the auxiliary building and viewed the radioactive watercollected on the floor. 他去了核电站的一座辅助建筑,看了地上流淌着的放射性液体。 |
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