wrath
/rɒθ//ræθ/
- n.
- 愤怒，激怒，愤怒的举动，(自然现象等)严酷
中文释义来自 ECDICT
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构词拆解
词源链
- 原始日耳曼语Proto-Germanic约前 500–公元 200 年
*wraiþaz‘angry, furious, wroth; hostile, violent; bent, twisted’
继承
词源说明
The noun is derived from Middle English wratthe (“anger, hostility, distress retribution”) [and other forms], from Old English wrǣþþu (“ire, wrath”) [and other forms], from Proto-West Germanic *wraiþiþu (“anger, fury, wrath”), from *wraiþ (“angry, furious, wroth; hostile, violent; bent, twisted”) (from Proto-Germanic *wraiþaz (“angry, furious, wroth; hostile, violent; bent, twisted”), from Proto-Indo-European *wreyt- (“to twist”)) + *-iþu (suffix forming abstract nouns). Effectively analysable as wroth + -th (abstract nominal suffix); compare Dutch wreedte.
The verb is derived from Middle English wratthen (“to be or become angry, to rage; to quarrel; to cause wrath, offend; to become troubled or vexed; to cause grief or harm, grieve, vex”) [and other forms], from wratthe, wretthe (noun) (see above) + -en (suffix forming the infinitive of verbs).
释义
名词noun
- 1uncountable, formalGreat anger; (countable) an instance of this.
- 2uncountablePunishment, retribution, or vengeance resulting from anger; (countable) an instance of this.
- 3uncountable, obsoleteGreat ardour or passion