lire

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Flesh, brawn, or muscle; the fleshy part of a person or animal in contradistinction to the bone and skin. Northern-England,Scotland,UK,dialectal
  2. The cheek. Scotland,UK,dialectal
  3. The Manx shearwater (bird). Orkney,Scotland,Shetland,UK,dialectal
  4. plural of lira form-of,plural
  5. The fleshy part of a roast capon, etc. as distinguished from a limb or joint. Scotland,UK,dialectal
  6. Face; appearance of the face or skin; complexion; hue. Scotland,UK,dialectal

词形变化

lires plural lires plural lires plural

词源

词源 1
From Middle English lire, lyre, from Old English līra (“any fleshy part of the body, muscle, calf of the leg”), from Proto-Germanic *ligwizô, *lihwizô (“thigh, groin”), from Proto-Indo-European *lekʷs-, *lewks- (“groin”). Cognate with Dutch lies (“groin”), Swedish lår (“thigh”).
词源 2
From Middle English lire, lyre, from Old Norse hlýr (“cheeks”, plural). Compare Middle English lere, from Old English hlēor (“cheek, countenance, complexion”). More at leer.
词源 3
From Old Norse líri. Cognate with Norwegian lira.
词源 4
Etymology tree
Italian lirebor.
English lire
Borrowed from Italian lire.
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