gurges

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈɡɜːd͡ʒiːz/    美 /ˈɡɝd͡ʒiz/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A whirlpool. rare
    — It was early—only ten p.m.—but already gurgeses of light and gales of sound frothed in unison to a familiar relentless heartbeat.
  2. plural of gurge form-of,plural
  3. A series of typically four to six concentric annulets (in early heraldry, from at least the 1200s), or a spiralling line from the centre to the edge of the shield (in late heraldry); a stylized whirlpool.
    — Argent, a gurges azure, is borne by GORGES, of Langford, Wilts., created a Baronet 1612. As the gurges (like the fountain) represents water, argent and azure are its proper tinctures.

词形变化

gurges plural gurgeses plural gurge alternative

词源

词源 1
From Middle English gurges, from Latin gurges. Doublet of gorge and gour.
词源 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
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