ark

英 [ɑːk] 美 [ɑrk]

1. bark => ark: 用树皮做成的方舟。

ark: ark: [OE] The notion underlying ark seems to be that of ‘enclosing or defending a space’. Its ultimate Latin source, arca ‘large box or chest’, was related to arx ‘citadel’ and to arcēre ‘close up’ (from which English gets arcane). Arca was borrowed into prehistoric Germanic, and came into English as ærc. In addition to meaning ‘chest’ (a sense which had largely died out by the 18th century), it signified the ‘coffer in which the ancient Hebrews kept the tablets of the Ten Commandments’ – the Ark of the Covenant – and by extension, the large commodious vessel in which Noah escaped the Flood.
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ark (n.): Old English earc, mainly meaning Noah's but also the Ark of the Covenant, from Latin arca "large box, chest" (see arcane). Also borrowed in Old High German (arahha, Modern German Arche). From the Noachian sense comes extended meaning "place of refuge" (17c.). As the name of a type of ship or boat, from late 15c. In 19c. U.S., especially a large, flat-bottomed river boat to move produce, livestock, etc. to market.

3. It cost about 65 cents a month to subscribe to the Pine Bluff , Ark ., Commercial.: 他每月花约6角5分订阅阿肯色州恩布拉夫出版的《商业》报.

4. Deerslayer made the best dispositions he could to keep the ark as nearly stationary as possible.: 杀鹿人尽量把平底船的位置保持不动.

5. Half an hour passed, during which time the ark had been slowly stealing over the water.: 半小时过去了, 这时船在湖面上无声无息地缓缓滑行.