umgang

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A round about; a way around; detour. UK,dialectal,obsolete
  2. An instance of going or passing around; a trip. Scotland,UK,dialectal,obsolete
  3. A circuit; circumference. Scotland,UK,dialectal,obsolete

词形变化

umgangs plural umgong alternative

词源

From Middle English umgang, umbegang (“circumference, circuit”), from Old English ymbgang, ymbegang (“going about, going round, circuit, circumference, surrounding belt, a winding course, bend, a going about a business”), from Proto-West Germanic *umbigang, from Proto-Germanic *umbigangaz, equivalent to um- + gang. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Uumgong, West Frisian omgong, Dutch omgang (“dealing, handling”), German Umgang (“dealings, handling”), Danish omgang (“game”). More at um-, gang.
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