abbot
英['?b?t]
美['?b?t]
- n. 男修道院院長；大寺院男住持
詞態變化
復數:?abbots;
中文詞源
來自希臘語 abbas，來自亞拉姆語 abba（阿爸、神父），很顯然這是一個擬聲詞，由于修道院是為天主教培訓神父的學院，而該詞就表示修道院的男性院長，即：男修道院院長，與之相對應的是 abbess（女修道院院長）。同源詞：abba（阿爸、神父）、abbey（修道院）、 abbess（女修道院院長）。
英文詞源
- abbot
- abbot: [OE] Abbot comes ultimately from abbā, a Syriac word meaning ‘father’ (which itself achieved some currency in English, particularly in reminiscence of its biblical use: ‘And he said, Abba, father, all things are possible unto thee’, Mark 14:36). This came into Greek as abbás, and thence, via the Latin accusative abbatem, into Old English as abbud or abbod.
The French term abbé (which is much less specific in meaning than English abbot) comes from the same source. In much the same way as father is used in modern English for priests, abba was widely current in the East for referring to monks, and hence its eventual application to the head of a monastery. A derivative of Latin abbatem was abbatia, which has given English both abbacy [15] and (via Old French abbeie) abbey [13]. Abbess is of similar antiquity (Latin had abbatissa).
=> abbess, abbey - abbot (n.)
- Old English abbod "abbot," from Latin abbatem (nominative abbas), from Greek abbas, from Aramaic abba, title of honor, literally "the father, my father," emphatic state of abh "father." The Latin fem. abbatissa is root of abbess.
雙語例句
- 1. I wonder if I might have a word with Mr Abbot?
- 請問我能否和阿博特先生說幾句話？
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Abbot looked blank. "I don't quite follow, sir."
- 阿博特一臉茫然?！拔覜]聽明白，先生?！?/dd>
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. All the priories were made directly subject to the abbot of Cluny.
- 所有小修道院都由克呂尼的院長直接管理.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. We will play a trick on the old abbot.
- 我們要跟老修道院長開個玩笑.
來自辭典例句
- 5. The good Abbot of Holywood is a strong pillar to the weak.
- “圣林”修道院的主持是弱者的萬無一失的靠山.
來自辭典例句