lather

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈlɑː.ðə/|/ˈlæð.ə/    美 /ˈlæð.ɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The foam made by rapidly stirring soap and water. countable,uncountable
    — Stately, plump Buck Mulligan came from the stairhead, bearing a bowl of lather on which a mirror and a razor lay crossed.
  2. Foam from profuse sweating, as of a horse. countable,uncountable
  3. A state of agitation. countable
动词 v.
  1. To cover with lather. transitive
    — I lathered my body with lavender-scented soap.
  2. To beat or whip. transitive
  3. To form lather or froth, as a horse does when profusely sweating. intransitive
    — I woke Corporal Honda to see to the horse. Heavily lathered and breathing hard, it had obviously come a long way at high speed.

词形变化

lathers plural lathers present,singular,third-person lathering participle,present lathered participle,past lathered past

词汇关系

衍生词
in a lather latherin latherless latherwort lathery latherable latherer lather, rinse, repeat lather up nonlathering

词源

词源 1
From Middle English lather, from Old English lēaþor (“a kind of nitre used for soap, soda”), from Proto-West Germanic *lauþr, from Proto-Germanic *lauþrą (“that which is used for washing, soap”), from Proto-Indo-European *lówh₃trom (“that which is used for washing”), from *lewh₃-, *lowh₃- (“to wash, bathe”). Cognate with Swedish lödder (“lather, foam, froth, soap”), Icelandic löður (“foam, froth, a kind of niter used for soap”), Old Irish loathar (“wash-basin”), Ancient Greek λουτρόν (loutrón, “a bath, wash-room”), Latin lavō (“to wash”), Albanian laj (“to wash”), Ancient Greek λούω (loúō). More at lye.
Compare typologically Russian мы́ло (mýlo) (a nomen instrumenti of мыть (mytʹ)).
词源 2
From Middle English *lethren, from Old English lēþrian, lȳþrian, *līeþrian (“to anoint, smear, lather”), from Old English lēaþor (“a kind of niter used for soap, soda”). See above.
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