單詞
tire
英 [ta??]
美['ta??]
基本信息
- vi. 疲勞；厭倦
- vt. 使…疲倦；使…厭煩
- n. 輪胎；頭飾
- n. (Tire)人名；(土)蒂雷
CET4TEM4考研CET6核心詞匯GRE低頻詞
詞態變化
第三人稱單數:?tires;過去式:?tired;過去分詞:?tired;現在分詞:?tiring;
助記提示
tire.............太 餓（餓的渾身沒勁）.....（使）疲倦
2. ti-re, 兩部分分別發音，其諧音為“太累”。
3. 諧音“胎兒”-----“輪胎兒”的簡稱，此“胎兒”非懷孕的“胎兒”。
4. tyre <===> tire.
2. ti-re, 兩部分分別發音，其諧音為“太累”。
3. 諧音“胎兒”-----“輪胎兒”的簡稱，此“胎兒”非懷孕的“胎兒”。
4. tyre <===> tire.
中文詞源
tire 使疲勞，疲倦
來自古英語 teorian,耗盡，停止，厭倦，來自 PIE*deu-s,*deu,缺乏，缺少，滯后，由該 PIE 詞衍生前綴 dys-,壞的，差的，如 dysfunction,dyslexia.引申詞義使疲勞，厭倦。
tire 輪胎來自中古英語 tire,裝備，縮寫自 attire,裝備，準備，盛裝，詞源同 tier,tirade.該詞原指馬車或 戰車輪子的外邊緣鐵板，后引申詞義輪胎。
英文詞源
- tire
- tire: [OE] Tire is something of a mystery word. It was relatively common in the Old English period (where it originally meant ‘fail, cease, come to an end’ – ‘become weary’ is a secondary development), but then it disappeared, to return in the 14th century. Nor is anything certain known about its pre-English ancestry, although it may go back to the Indo-European base *deus- (source also of Sanskrit dosa- ‘fault, lack’). The use of the past participle tired as an adjective dates from the late 14th century.
- tire (v.1)
- "to weary," also "to become weary," Old English teorian (Kentish tiorian) "to fail, cease; become weary; make weary, exhaust," of uncertain origin; according to Watkins possibly from a PIE *deu-s-, suffixed form of root *deu- (1) "to lack, be wanting." Related: Tired; tiring.
- tire (n.)
- late 15c., "iron plates forming a rim of a carriage wheel," probably from tire "equipment, dress, covering" (c. 1300), a shortened form of attire (n.). The notion is of the tire as the dressing of the wheel. The original spelling was tyre, which had shifted to tire in 17c.-18c., but since early 19c. tyre has been revived in Great Britain and become standard there. Rubber ones, for bicycles (later automobiles) are from 1877. A tire-iron originally was one of the iron plates; as a device for separating a tire from a wheel, by 1909.
- tire (v.2)
- "furnish with a tire," 1899, from tire (n.).
雙語例句
- 1. Sooner or later he may tire of constantly putting himself last.
- 遲早他會厭倦總是把自己排在最后。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. McKee suddenly noticed tire tracks on the bank ahead.
- 麥基突然注意到前方岸邊的輪胎痕跡。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. He felt he would never tire of international cricket.
- 他認為自己永遠不會對國際板球賽生厭。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. His objective was to tire out the climbers.
- 他的目標是使登山者筋疲力盡。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. Her legs were beginning to tire.
- 她的雙腿開始感到累了。
來自《權威詞典》