hell
中文来自 ECDICT
- n.
- 地狱，邪恶势力，苦境，阴间，毁坏，训斥
- vi.
- 狂饮，飞驰
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演变路径（由近及远）
词源说明
From Middle English hel, hell, helle, hælle, from Old English hel, hell, from Proto-West Germanic *hallju, from Proto-Germanic *haljō (“hell, netherworld”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to cover”). First attested in c. 725.
释义（英文）
专有名词 Proper noun
- (in many religions, often capitalized) A place of torment where some or all sinners are believed to go after death and evil spirits are believed to be.
- (in many religions, often capitalized, inexact) Synonym of underworld, an underground land
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演变路径（由近及远）
- 英语
- 继承自 ←中古英语 hellen
- 源自 ←古诺尔斯语 hella “to pour”
- 源自 ←原始日耳曼语 *halþijaną “to incline, tip; to pour out, empty”
- 源自 ←原始印欧语 *ḱel- “to lean, incline”
词源说明
From Middle English hellen, from Old Norse hella (“to pour”), from Proto-Germanic *halþijaną (“to incline, tip; to pour out, empty”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to lean, incline”). Cognate with Icelandic hella (“to pour”), Norwegian helle (“to pour”), Swedish hälla (“to pour”). See also English hield