Sherlock
/ˈʃɜr.lɒk/
词源链
- 英语English
Sherlock
词源说明
Supposedly from an Old English scir-locc (“bright-lock”). One of a group of surnames originally denoting hair colour, parallel to Blacklock, Harlock (Old English har (“grey”)), Silverlock.
In the sense of “a detective”, from Sherlock Holmes.
In the computing verb sense, refers to the software Sherlock, which in 2002 came to replicate some of the features of an earlier complementary program called Watson.
释义
专有名词proper noun
- 1An English surname transferred from the nickname.
- 2A male given name transferred from the surname, of rare usage.
- 3humorousA detective, especially used sarcastically to address somebody who has stated the obvious.