august
英 [?:?g?st]
美 [???ɡ?st]
- adj. 威嚴的；令人敬畏的
- n. 八月（簡寫為Aug）
- n. (August)人名；(法、葡、西、俄、羅、英、德、瑞典、挪)奧古斯特
助記提示
1. 可能的來源有兩種，其中一種可理解為：aug- "increase" + -ust (-ist的變體，最高級后綴)。
中文詞源
August 八月以羅馬皇帝Augustus Caesar命名的月份。
august 威嚴的來自詞根aug, 增加，威嚴。
英文詞源
- August
- August: [OE] The month of August was named by the Romans after their emperor Augustus (63 BC–14 AD). His name was Caius Julius Caesar Octavian, but the Senate granted him the honorary title Augustus in 27 BC. This connoted ‘imperial majesty’, and was a specific use of the adjective augustus ‘magnificent, majestic’ (source of English august [17]); it may derive ultimately from the verb augēre ‘increase’ (from which English gets auction and augment).
=> auction, augment - august (adj.)
- 1660s, from Latin augustus "venerable, majestic, magnificent, noble," probably originally "consecrated by the augurs, with favorable auguries" (see augur (n.)); or else "that which is increased" (see augment).
- August
- eighth month, 1097, from Latin Augustus (mensis), sixth month of the later Roman calendar, renamed from Sextilis in 8 B.C.E. to honor emperor Augustus Caesar, literally "Venerable Caesar" (see august (adj.)). In England, the name replaced native Weodmonae "weed month."
雙語例句
- 1. The Great War started in August of that year.
- 第一次世界大戰于那年8月爆發。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. A pirated edition of the book was published in August 1986.
- 這本書的一個盜版版本在1986年8月出版。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. The call-up of National Guard and reserve units begun in late August.
- 國民警衛隊和預備役的征兵工作8月下旬開始。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. The letter was franked in London on August 6.
- 這封信8月6日在倫敦蓋過免費郵戳。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. They were married on August 9 in a civil ceremony in Venice.
- 他們于8月9號在威尼斯舉行了世俗婚禮。
來自柯林斯例句