marshal
英 ['mɑ??(?)l]
美 ['mɑr??l]
- n. 元帥；司儀
- vt. 整理；引領；編列
- vi. 排列
- n. (Marshal)人名；(英)馬歇爾
助記提示
1. 諧音“馬歇爾” -- 大家都知道馬歇爾計劃吧 --- 馬歇爾將軍這個人是很有人格魅力的，是一個很偉大的人，美國本來要授予他元帥軍銜的，但是被他拒絕了，所以氣其實馬歇爾不是元帥，卻勝似元帥。
中文詞源
marshal 元帥，指揮，安排來自古法語mareschal,軍事統帥，總管，來自mare,母馬，-schal,仆人，來自PIE*skel,分開，分類，詞源同scale,shell.其原義為養馬的仆人，馬夫，弼馬溫，后詞義擴大，引申詞義皇室總管，軍隊統帥，元帥。比較minister.
英文詞源
- marshal
- marshal: [13] Etymologically, a marshal is a ‘horse-servant’. The word goes back to a prehistoric Germanic *markhaskalkaz ‘groom’, a compound based on *markhaz ‘horse’ (source of English mare [OE]) and *skalkaz ‘servant’. This was borrowed into late Latin as mariscalcus, and passed from there via Old French mareschal into English. In the course of its journey its status gradually rose, and by the time it reached English it denoted a ‘high officer of state’.
=> mare - marshal (n.)
- early 13c. as a surname; mid-13c. as "high officer of the royal court;" from Old French mareschal "commanding officer of an army; officer in charge of a household" (Modern French maréchal), originally "stable officer, horse tender, groom" (Frankish Latin mariscaluis) from Frankish *marhskalk or a similar Germanic word, literally "horse-servant" (compare Old High German marahscalc "groom," Middle Dutch maerschalc), from Proto-Germanic *markhaz "horse" (see mare (n.1)) + *skalkaz "servant" (source of Old English scealc "servant, retainer, member of a crew," Dutch schalk "rogue, wag," Gothic skalks "servant").
Cognate with Old English horstegn. From c. 1300 as "stable officer;" early 14c. as "military commander, general in the army." For development history, compare constable. Also from Germanic are Italian scalco "steward," Spanish mariscal "marshal." - marshal (v.)
- early 15c., "to tend (horses)," from marshal (n.). Meaning "to arrange, place in order" is from mid-15c.; that of "to arrange for fighting" is from mid-15c. Figurative use by 1690s. Related: Marshaled; marshaling.
雙語例句
- 1. The Marshal stepped over the vacuum-cleaner and stumped out of the room.
- 元帥邁過真空吸塵器，腳步沉重地走出了房間。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. He acted as grand marshal of a stock car race.
- 他擔任過改裝賽車大賽的主持人。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. A federal marshal was killed in a shoot-out.
- 槍戰中一名聯邦警察局局長身亡。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. Air Chief Marshal Sir Robin Hall
- 空軍上將羅賓?霍爾爵士
來自《權威詞典》
- 5. Air Marshal Gordon Black
- 空軍中將戈登?布萊克
來自《權威詞典》