honeycomb
中文来自 ECDICT
- n.
- 蜂巢，蜂房，蜂窝
- adj.
- 蜂巢的
- vt.
- 使成蜂巢状
- vi.
- 变成蜂巢状
构词拆分
演变路径（由近及远）
- 英语
- 继承自 ←中古英语 honycomb
- 继承自 ←古英语 huniġcamb
- 继承自 ←原始印欧语 *kn̥h₂ónks “honey”
- 继承自 ←原始印欧语 *ǵómbʰos “peg; tooth; row of teeth”
词源说明
The noun is derived from Middle English honycomb, from Old English huniġcamb, from huniġ (“honey”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kn̥h₂ónks (“honey”)) + camb (“comb”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵómbʰos (“peg; tooth; row of teeth”)). The English word is analysable as honey + comb. The Oxford English Dictionary posits that the arrangement of several plates of wax “hanging parallel to each other from the roof of the hive suggests a comb with its teeth”. The verb is derived from the noun. Compare Saterland Frisian Hunichmoarte (“honeycomb”), West Frisian huningskiif (“honeycomb”), Dutch honingraat (“honeycomb”), German Honigwabe (“honeycomb”).