noise: [13] Unlikely as it may seem, the ancestor of English noise meant ‘sickness’. It comes from Latin nausea, source also, of course, of English nausea. This was used colloquially for the sort of ‘hubbub’ or ‘confusion’ which is often coincident with someone being sick (and particularly seasick, which was what nausea originally implied), and Old French took it over, as noise, with roughly these senses. They later developed to ‘noisy dispute’, and modern French noise has retained the ‘dispute’ element of this, while English noise has gone for the ‘intrusive sound’. => nausea, nautical, navy
noise (n.)
early 13c., "loud outcry, clamor, shouting," from Old French noise "din, disturbance, uproar, brawl" (11c., in modern French only in phrase chercher noise "to pick a quarrel"), also "rumor, report, news," apparently from Latin nausea "disgust, annoyance, discomfort," literally "seasickness" (see nausea).
Another theory traces the Old French word to Latin noxia "hurting, injury, damage." OED considers that "the sense of the word is against both suggestions," but nausea could have developed a sense in Vulgar Latin of "unpleasant situation, noise, quarrel" (compare Old Proven?al nauza "noise, quarrel"). Meaning "loud or unpleasant sound" is from c. 1300. Replaced native gedyn (see din).
noise (v.)
late 14c., "to praise; to talk loudly about," from noise (n.). Related: Noised; noising.
雙語例句
1. Sightseers may be a little overwhelmed by the crowds and noise.
擁擠的人群和喧鬧的噪音可能會讓游客有些茫然不知所措。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Flying at 1,000 ft. he heard a peculiar noise from the rotors.
在1,000英尺的高度飛行時，他聽到旋翼發出一種奇怪的噪音。
來自柯林斯例句
3. With a low-pitched rumbling noise, the propeller began to rotate.
伴隨著隆隆的低沉噪聲，螺旋槳開始旋轉起來。
來自柯林斯例句
4. There was a heavy thudding noise against the bedroom door.
臥室門上發出一聲沉重的撞擊聲。
來自柯林斯例句
5. The noise, the buildings, the people, came as a revelation.