gum基本信息
读法：英 [gʌm] 美 [ɡʌm]
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英英释义
Noun:
中英词源
gum 牙龈，树胶，口香糖
1.树胶，来自埃及语。WWW.weNtiYi.COM
2.牙龈，来自PIE*gheu, 打呵欠，张嘴，词源同chaos, gap.
- gum
- gum: English has three words gum. The oldest, ‘tissue surrounding the teeth’ [OE], originally meant ‘mucous lining of the mouth and throat’; its present-day meaning did not emerge until the 14th century. It is not clear where it came from, although it is related to German gaumen ‘roof of the mouth’, and perhaps to Lithuanian gomurys ‘gum’ and even Latin fauces ‘throat’ (source of English suffocate). Gum ‘sticky material’ [14] comes ultimately from Egyptian kemai, which passed into English via Greek kómmi, Latin cummi or gummi, Vulgar Latin *gumma, and Old French gomme.
And gum in the exclamation by gum [19] is a euphemistic alteration of god. - gum (n.1)
- c. 1300, "resin from dried sap of plants," from Old French gome "(medicinal) gum, resin," from Late Latin gumma, from Latin gummi, from Greek kommi "gum," from Egyptian kemai. As the name of a hardened, sweetened gelatine mixture as a candy, 1827. As a shortened form of chewing gum, first attested 1842 in American English. The gum tree (1670s) was so called for the resin it exudes. Latin gummi also is the source of German Gummi (13c.).
- gum (n.2)
- "soft tissues of the mouth," Old English goma "palate, side of the mouth" (single or plural), from a Germanic source represented by Old Norse gomi "palate," Old High German goumo; related to Lithuanian gomurys "palate," and perhaps from PIE root *gheu- "to yawn" (source also of Old English ginian "to yawn;" see yawn (v.)).
- gum (v.1)
- early 14c., gommen, "treat with (medicinal or aromatic) gums," from gum (n.1). In the transferred or figurative sense of "spoil, ruin" (usually with up), as if by some gummy substance, it is first recorded 1901, probably from the notion of machinery becoming clogged. Related: Gummed; gumming.
- gum (v.2)
- of infants, toothless adults, etc., "to chew or gnaw (something) with the gums," by 1907, from gum (n.2). Related: Gummed; gumming.
词态变化
第三人称单数 gums;
过去式 gummed;
过去分词 gummed;
现在分词 gumming;
权威造句
- 1. When not removed, plaque causes tooth decay and gum disease.
- 牙斑如果不清除就会导致牙齿蛀蚀和牙龈疾病。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. I"ve tried everything from herbal cigarettes to chewing gum.
- 中草药香烟、口香糖之类的我统统都试过了。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. Deposits of plaque build up between the tooth and the gum.
- 牙齿和牙龈之间会滋生牙斑。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. Regulators may gum up an efficient system.
- 管理者可能会使一个行之有效的制度陷于瘫痪。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. They stopped up leaks with chewing gum.
- 他们用口香糖粘住了漏缝。
来自柯林斯例句
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单词分析
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记忆方法
1. 音译“胶姆糖”。
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