waterboard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 board set up to windward in a boat, to keep out water.
A public commission charged with overseeing water quality in a particular area.

— The waterboard argued that the quality of the water was good […]

动词 v.

To subject to waterboarding, to pour water over a cloth covering the face and breathing passages of an immobilized captive. transitive

— We waterboarded the suspect, but he refused to confess.

词形变化

waterboards plural waterboards present,singular,third-person waterboarding participle,present waterboarded participle,past waterboarded past

词源

词源 1

From Middle English water boarde, waterbord, equivalent to water + board. Compare West Frisian wetterboard (“waterboard”), Dutch waterbord (“waterboard”), German Wassertafel (“waterboard”), Danish vandbræt (“waterboard”), Swedish vattenbräda (“waterboard”), Icelandic vatnsbretti (“waterboard”).

词源 2

From Middle English water boarde, waterbord, equivalent to water + board. Compare West Frisian wetterboard (“waterboard”), Dutch waterbord (“waterboard”), German Wassertafel (“waterboard”), Danish vandbræt (“waterboard”), Swedish vattenbräda (“waterboard”), Icelandic vatnsbretti (“waterboard”).