stirrup: [OE] A stirrup is etymologically a ‘climbing rope’. The word goes back to a prehistoric Germanic compound formed from the base *stig- ‘climb’ (source also of English stair and stile) and *raipaz (ancestor of English rope). The earliest stirrups were looped pieces of rope. => rope, stair, stile
stirrup (n.)
Old English stigrap "a support for the foot of a person mounted on a horse," literally "climbing rope," from stige "a climbing, ascent" (from Proto-Germanic *stigaz "climbing;" see stair) + rap (see rope (n.)). Originally a looped rope as a help for mounting. Germanic cognates include Old Norse stigreip, Middle Dutch stegerep, Old High German stegareif, German stegreif. Surgical device used in childbirth, etc., so called from 1884. Stirrup-cup (1680s) was a cup of wine or other drink handed to a rider already on horseback and setting out on a journey, hence "a parting glass" (compare French le vin de l'etrier).
雙語例句
1. She had to lengthen her stirrup leathers.
她得放長馬鐙皮帶.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
2. Jane put one foot in the near stirrup and turned to look at the stranger.
簡一只腳就近蹬上馬鐙，轉臉看著陌生人。
來自柯林斯例句
3. The stirrup leathers rubbed raw patches on his legs.
馬蹬皮帶把他腿上的皮膚擦傷引起疼痛.
來自辭典例句
4. He walked up to the horse and put his foot in the stirrup.
他走到馬的身邊,把腳踏在馬蹬上.
來自辭典例句
5. If you speak the truth, have a foot in the stirrup.