eaves

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /iːvz/    美 /ivz/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The underside of a roof that extends beyond the external walls of a building. plural,plural-only
    — Him that you term'd Sir, the good old Lord Gonzallo, / His teares runs downe his beard like winters drops / From eaues of reeds: […]
  2. plural of eave form-of,plural
  3. Something that extends over or projects beyond. broadly,plural,plural-only
    — But after many strains and heaves / He got up to the Saddle eaves.

词形变化

eave alternative

词汇关系

相关词
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词源

词源 1
PIE word
*upér
From Middle English eves (“projecting lower edge of a roof”) [and other forms], from Old English efes, yfes, *ofes (“edge of a roof”), from Proto-West Germanic *ubisu (“hall”), from Proto-Germanic *ubiswō (compare Gothic 𐌿𐌱𐌹𐌶𐍅𐌰 (ubizwa), Old High German obasa (“hall; porch; roof”)), perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *upér (“above; over”) (whence over).
词源 2
From eave + -s, from a misinterpretation of the -s ending of eaves as forming a plural.
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