lean
- n.
- 瘦肉，倾斜，倾斜度
- adj.
- 瘦的，贫乏的，歉收的
- vi.
- 倚靠，倾斜，依赖
- vt.
- 使倾斜
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演变路径（由近及远）
原始词根
词源说明
From Middle English lenen (“to lean”), from Old English hleonian, hlinian (“to lean, recline, lie down, rest”), from Proto-West Germanic *hlinēn, from Proto-Germanic *hlināną (“to lean, incline”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱley-.
Cognate via Proto-Germanic with Middle Dutch leunen (“to lean”), German lehnen (“to lean”); via Proto-Indo-European with climate, cline.
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演变路径（由近及远）
- 英语
- 继承自 ←中古英语 lene “lean”
- 继承自 ←古英语 hlǣne “lean”
- 源自 ←原始日耳曼语 *hlainijaną “to cause to lean”
词源说明
From Middle English lene (“lean”), from Old English hlǣne (“lean”), (cognate with Low German leen), perhaps from hlǣnan (“to cause to lean (due to hunger or lack of food)”), from Proto-Germanic *hlainijaną (“to cause to lean”). If so, then related to Old English hlinian, hleonian (“to lean”).
Compare Old Norse linr (“mild; soft, limp; weak”), Old High German len (“mild”).
释义（英文）
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词源说明
Probably from the verb to lean (see Etymology 1 above), supposedly because consumption of the intoxicating beverage causes one to lean or sway. Alternatively, from a clipping of gasoline (“an alcoholic beverage made of vodka and energy drink”).
释义（英文）
- (US slang) A recreational drug composed of codeine-promethazine cough syrup mixed with usually soda and associated with the hip-hop culture of the Southern United States.