v字母开头的词汇列表
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vespiary(n.)
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vespillo(n.)
also vespillone, "he that carries forth dead bodies in the night to be buried, as they use in time of plague and great sickness" [Blount], 1630s, now obsolete, from Latin vespillonis "one who carried out the bodies of the poor at night," from vesper "evening" (see vesper).
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vessel(n.)
约于1300年,指“容器”,源自于古法语 vessel “容器,容纳器,桶; 船”(12世纪,现代法语 vaisseau),源自于晚期拉丁语 vascellum “小花瓶或骨灰盒”,也指“一艘船”,是拉丁语 vasculum 的变形,该词是 vas “容器”的小型化。14世纪早期,英语中出现了“船,小船”的意思。[Weekley]“中空器皿和船之间的联系在所有语言中都存在。”14世纪后期,出现了“身体的运河或管道”(尤其是用于输送血液)的意思。
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vested(adj.)
"确立的,安全的,稳定的,不处于偶然状态",1766年,来自 vest(动词)的过去分词形容词。
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vest(v.)
vest(n.)
17世纪初,指男性在东方国家或古代穿的宽松外衣,源自法语 veste “背心,夹克”(17世纪),源自意大利 vesta, veste “长袍,礼服”,源自拉丁语 vestis “衣服”,源自 vestire “穿衣”(源自 PIE *wes-(2)“穿衣”的扩展形式,源自 *eu- “穿衣”的词根)。男性在外套下穿的无袖衣服是查尔斯二世为了控制法国风格下男性服饰的奢华和颓废而引入的。
The King hath yesterday, in Council, declared his resolution of setting a fashion for clothes .... It will be a vest, I know not well how; but it is to teach the nobility thrift. [Pepys, diary, Oct. 8, 1666]
国王昨天在会议上宣布了他制定服装潮流的决心……这将是一种背心,我不太清楚,但它是为了教导贵族节俭。[佩普斯,日记,1666年10月8日]
据说法国的路易十四嘲笑了这种努力,让他的仆人穿上这样的背心。
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vestal(adj.)
“纯洁的,纯净的,处女的”,起源于1590年代,最初(15世纪早期)指属于或献给罗马神话中的家庭和炉火女神 Vesta 的,源自拉丁语 vestalis。名词记录于1570年代,缩写为 Vestal virgin,是罗马维斯塔神庙中负责神圣火焰的四位(后来六位)女祭司(拉丁语 virgines Vestales)。从1580年代开始,指任何处女或贞洁的女性。
They entered the service of the goddess at from six to ten years of age, their term of service lasting thirty years. They were then permitted to retire and to marry, but few did so, for, as vestals, they were treated with great honor, and had important public privileges. Their persons were inviolable, any offense against them being punished with death, and they were treated in all their relations with the highest distinction and reverence. A vestal who broke her vow of chastity was immured alive in an underground vault amid public mourning. There were very few such instances; in one of them, under Domitian, the chief of the vestals was put to death under a false charge trumped up by the emperor. [Century Dictionary]
她们在6至10岁时进入女神的服务,服务期为30年。然后她们被允许退休并结婚,但很少有人这样做,因为作为维斯塔女祭司,她们受到极大的尊敬,并享有重要的公共特权。她们的人身是不可侵犯的,对她们的任何冒犯都将受到死刑的惩罚,在所有关系中,她们都受到最高的尊重和崇敬。违反贞洁誓言的维斯塔女祭司将被活埋在地下室中,公众将为此哀悼。这样的情况非常少见; 在多米提安统治时期,其中一位维斯塔女祭司被以虚假指控处死。[世纪词典]
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vestibule(n.)
1620年代,“门廊”,后来指“前厅,门厅”(1730年),源自法语 vestible,源自拉丁语 vestibulum “前庭,入口”,起源不明。1728年开始用于指耳朵部位。
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vestibular(adj.)
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vestige(n.)
大约1600年,源自法语 vestige “标记,痕迹,迹象”(16世纪),源自拉丁语 vestigium “足迹,痕迹”,这是一个起源不明的词。
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vestigial(adj.)