milt英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

The spleen, especially of an animal bred for food. countable

— we see that certaine apprehensions engender a blushing-red colour, others a palenesse; that some imagination doth only worke in the milt, another in the braine[…].
The semen of a male fish. countable,uncountable
The engorged testis containing a filled reservoir of mature spermatozoa in a male fish. countable,uncountable

动词 v.

To impregnate (the roe of a fish) with milt. transitive

词形变化

milts plural milts present,singular,third-person milting participle,present milted participle,past milted past

词汇关系

衍生词

milter milt-grown milting milt-like milt-pain milt-sick milt-sickness miltwaste milt-wort milty

词源

词源 1

From Middle English milte, from Old English milte, milt (“milt, spleen”), from Proto-West Germanic *miltijā, *meltā, from Proto-Germanic *meltǭ (“spleen”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meld- (“to beat, grind, crush, weaken”). Cognate with German Milz, Dutch milt, Danish milt, Norwegian milt, Swedish mjälte. Outside Germanic, with Albanian mëlçi (“liver”) and Italian milza (“spleen”), which is a borrowing from Lombardic.

词源 2

From Middle English milte, from Old English milte, milt (“milt, spleen”), from Proto-West Germanic *miltijā, *meltā, from Proto-Germanic *meltǭ (“spleen”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meld- (“to beat, grind, crush, weaken”). Cognate with German Milz, Dutch milt, Danish milt, Norwegian milt, Swedish mjälte. Outside Germanic, with Albanian mëlçi (“liver”) and Italian milza (“spleen”), which is a borrowing from Lombardic.