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gulf怎么读

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gulf是什么意思

  • n. 海湾;深渊;分歧;漩涡
  • vt. 吞没

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gulf的词态变化


复数: gulfs;

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gulp大口吞咽,匆匆吞下。
gulf吞没,海湾。
colpus沟。
colpo-(词根)=vagina。
1. gulf => gulp.
2. gulf => colpo-(词根) = vagina.

中文词源


gulf 海湾

词源同whelm, 淹没。用来指海湾。

英文词源


gulf
gulf: [14] Gulf comes from Greek kólphos, which meant originally ‘bosom’. It was later extended metaphorically to denote ‘bag’, and also ‘trough between waves’, and these senses (the latter modified to ‘abyss’) followed it through Vulgar Latin *colphus, Italian golfo, and French golphe into English. The derivative engulf, based on the sense ‘abyss’, dates from the mid-16th century.
gulf (n.)
late 14c., "profound depth," from Old French golf "a gulf, whirlpool," from Italian golfo "a gulf, a bay," from Late Latin colfos, from Greek kolpos "bay, gulf of the sea," earlier "trough between waves, fold of a loose garment," originally "bosom," the common notion being "curved shape." This is from PIE *kwelp- "to arch, to vault" (compare Old English hwealf, a-hwielfan "to overwhelm"). Latin sinus underwent the same development, being used first for "bosom," later for "gulf" (and in Medieval Latin, "hollow curve or cavity in the body"). The geographic sense "large tract of water extending into the land" (larger than a bay, smaller than a sea, but the distinction is not exact and not always observed) is in English from c. 1400, replacing Old English sæ-earm. Figurative sense of "a wide interval" is from 1550s. The U.S. Gulf States so called from 1836. The Gulf Stream (1775) takes its name from the Gulf of Mexico.

gulf的双语例句


1. These issues were brought into sharp focus by the Gulf crisis.
海湾危机让这些问题备受关注。

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2. Hurricane Andrew was last night heading into the Gulf of Mexico.
昨晚,飓风“安德鲁”进入了墨西哥湾。

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3. The Gulf has 65 per cent of the world's oil reserves.
海湾地区拥有全世界65%的石油储藏。

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4. The spill could wipe out the Gulf's turtle population.
这次原油泄漏可能会使波斯湾的海龟灭绝。

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5. A yawning North-South gulf has opened up with both sides digging in.
双方都坚持自己的立场,南北之间出现了一条鸿沟。

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