migrate(v.)
1690年代,“从一个地方到另一个地方”,源自拉丁语 migratus,是 migrare 的过去分词,“从一个地方移动到另一个地方”,最初可能是 *migwros,源自 PIE *(e)meigw-(希腊语 ameibein “改变”的来源),这是 *mei-(1)“改变,去,移动”的扩展形式,或者可能是一个单独的词根。对于动物,“从一个栖息地到另一个距离较远的地方移动”,最早见于1753年。特别是在1770年之后,用于人或群体,“从一个居住地到另一个距离较远的地方移动或迁移”,尤其是从一个国家到另一个国家。相关词汇: Migrated; migrating。
To migrate is to change one's abode, especially to a distance or to another country, emphasis being laid upon the change, but not upon the place of departure or that of stopping, and the stay being generally not permanent. Emigrate, to migrate from, views the person as leaving his previous abode and making a new home; immigrate, to migrate into, views him as coming to the new place. The Arab migrates; the European coming to America is an emigrant to those whom he leaves, and an immigrant to the Americans. [Century Dictionary, 1897]
migrate 是改变住所,尤其是到一个距离较远或另一个国家,强调的是改变,而不是出发地或到达地点,停留通常不是永久的。Emigrate,从...移民,将人视为离开他的以前的住所并建立新家园; immigrate,移民到...,将他视为来到新地方。阿拉伯人 migrates; 来到美国的欧洲人是他离开的人的 emigrant,是美国人的 immigrant。[世纪词典,1897]
该词起源时间:1690年代