incense
英 ['?nsens]
美['?ns?ns]
- vt. 向…焚香；使…發怒
- n. 香；奉承
- vi. 焚香
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詞態變化
復數:?incenses;第三人稱單數:?incenses;過去式:?incensed;過去分詞:?incensed;現在分詞:?incensing;
助記提示
1. candle => incense.
中文詞源
incense 香，激怒
in-,進入，使，-cend,火，燃燒，詞源同candle,incense,-se,過去分詞后綴。引申詞義香，香火。作動詞指點火，激怒。
英文詞源
- incense
- incense: English has two distinct words incense, but both come ultimately from the same source. The noun, ‘aromatic burnt substance’ [13], comes via Old French encens from late Latin incensum, a noun use of the verb incendere ‘set fire to’ (source of English incendiary [17]). This in turn was formed from a derivative of candēre ‘glow’ (source of English candle). (From encens was derived Old French censier, which passed into English via Anglo-Norman as censer [13].) Besides the literal ‘set fire to’, incendere was used figuratively for ‘enrage’, which English acquired as the verb incense [15] via Old French.
=> censer, incendiary - incense (n.)
- late 13c., from Old French encens "sweet-smelling substance," from Late Latin incensum (nominative incensus) "burnt incense," literally "something burnt," neuter past participle of Latin incendere "set on fire" (see incendiary).
- incense (v.1)
- "make angry," early 15c., from Middle French incenser, from Latin incensare, frequentative of Latin incendere "set on fire" (see incendiary). A figurative use of the word used literally in incense (n.). Related: Incensed.
- incense (v.2)
- "to offer incense, perfume with incense," c. 1300, from Old French encenser, from encens (see incense (n.)).
雙語例句
- 1. At the shrine of the god there were offerings, libations and incense.
- 神殿里供奉著犧牲、鬯酒和貢香。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The musty aroma of incense made her head swim.
- 熏香發霉的氣味令她感到頭暈。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Mr Sharma lit incense and chanted Sanskrit mantras.
- 夏爾馬先生點上香，念起梵文咒語。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. In summer, they usually burn some coil incense to keep away the mosquitoes.
- 夏天他們通常點香驅蚊.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. This proposal will incense conservation campaigners.
- 這項提議會激怒環保人士。
來自辭典例句