Galen

名词 n. 专有名词
中文释义
英 /ˈɡeɪlən/    美 /ˈɡeɪlən/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A physician.
    — It has been computed, that by intrusting a well-concocted and tolerably interesting lie, in strictest confidence, to two fashionable Galens, in full practice, and four determined morning visitors or levee haunters, the story will reach 7,963 individuals in the course of four-and-twenty hours,—[…]
专有名词
  1. Aelius Galenus or Claudius Galenus, a Roman and Greek physician, surgeon, and philosopher (129 – c. 216 CE).
  2. A surname.
  3. A male given name from Ancient Greek, of mostly American usage.

词形变化

Galens plural Galens plural

词源

词源 1
From Middle English Galen, from Latin Galēnus, from Ancient Greek Γαληνός (Galēnós), from γαλήνη (galḗnē, “calm, tranquillity”).
词源 2
* A reduced form of Dutch van Galen.
* A variant of Galyon or Gallon.
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