quern英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

A mill for grinding corn, especially a handmill made of two circular stones.

— She is shaking in ingredients from various small bottles and querns produced from the pockets of her robes, and from the drawer in the wooden table.

动词 v.

To grind; to use a quern. transitive

— He could almost set aside the longing for Eyjan that ever querned within him—almost—in this place so utterly sundered from everything of hers.

词形变化

querns plural curn alternative kern alternative quirn alternative querns present,singular,third-person querning participle,present querned participle,past querned past curn alternative kern alternative quirn alternative

词源

词源 1

From Middle English quern, cwerne, from Old English cweorn (“quern, hand-mill, mill”), from Proto-Germanic *kwernō (“millstone”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷréh₂wō (“heavy stone”), from *gʷréh₂us (“heavy”). Cognate with Tocharian B kärweñe, Lithuanian girna, Russian жёрнов (žórnov, “millstone”).

词源 2

From Middle English quern, cwerne, from Old English cweorn (“quern, hand-mill, mill”), from Proto-Germanic *kwernō (“millstone”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷréh₂wō (“heavy stone”), from *gʷréh₂us (“heavy”). Cognate with Tocharian B kärweñe, Lithuanian girna, Russian жёрнов (žórnov, “millstone”).