berth
/bɜːθ//bɜrθ/
- n.
- 船岸之间的水区，锚地，卧铺
- vi.
- 停泊
- vt.
- 使停泊
中文释义来自 ECDICT
berth1词源 1
构词拆解
词源链
- 英语English
berth
词源说明
The noun is derived from Late Middle English birth (“(nautical) bearing away or off, clearance, berth”). Further etymology uncertain, but probably from beren (“to carry (away), bear”) + -th (suffix denoting a condition, quality, state of being, etc., forming nouns); if so, the English word is analysable as bear + -th (suffix forming nouns from verbs), and is a piecewise doublet of birth.
The verb is derived from the noun.
释义
名词noun
- 1(nautical) Chiefly in wide berth: a sufficient space in the water for a ship or other vessel to lie at anchor or manoeuvre without getting in the way of other vessels, or colliding
berth2词源 2
词源链
- 英语English
berth
词源说明
Possibly borrowed from Icelandic byrði (“side of a ship, board”).