anchoress

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A female anchorite. A woman who chooses to withdraw from the world to live a solitary life of prayer and contemplation.
    — … and advises the anchoresses to take on the basic religious vows …
  2. An anchorwoman. informal
    — Williams was co-hosting in place of Katie Couric, a move some have speculated was meant to deprive the possible next anchoress of the CBS Evening News the prime time exposure.

词形变化

anchoresses plural anchress alternative anchoresses plural

词源

词源 1
From Middle English ankres, ankerisse, anchoryse; equivalent to anchor + -ess.
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂enk-der.?
Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́γκῡρᾰ (ắnkūră)bor.?
Latin ancorabor.
Proto-Germanic *ankurô
Proto-West Germanic *ankurō
Old English ancor
Middle English anker
English anchor
Ancient Greek -ισσα (-issa)bor.
Late Latin -issader.
Old French -essebor.
Middle English -esse
English -ess
English anchoress
From anchor + -ess.
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