collar: [13] Etymologically, a collar is simply something worn round one’s ‘neck’. The word comes via Anglo-Norman coler from Latin collāre, which meant ‘necklace’ as well as ‘part of a garment that encircles the neck’ (both senses have come through into English, although the latter has predominated). Collāre was a derivative of collum ‘neck’, which came from an earlier base *kols- that also produced German and Swedish hals ‘neck’.
It has been speculated that it goes back ultimately to Indo-European *qwelo- ‘go round’, the root from which we get English wheel – the underlying notion being that the neck is that on which the head turns. => décolleté, hauberk, wheel
collar (n.)
c. 1300, "neck armor, gorget," from Old French coler "neck, collar" (12c., Modern French collier), from Latin collare "necklace, band or chain for the neck," from collum "the neck," from PIE *kwol-o- "neck" (cognates: Old Norse and Middle Dutch hals "neck"), literally "that on which the head turns," from root *kwel- (1) "move round, turn about" (see cycle (n.)). Late 14c. as "border at the neck of a garment."
collar (v.)
1550s, "to grab (someone) by the collar or neck," from collar (n.). Meaning "to capture" is attested from 1610s. Related: Collared; collaring. As a past participle adjective, collared "wearing a collar" is from late 14c.
双语例句
1. Mike kept snatching him up by the collar and jerking him up.
迈克一直揪着他的领子把他往上猛举。
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2. I stepped outside and pulled up my collar against the cold mist.
我走出门，竖起衣领抵御冷雾。
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3. He wore a plain blue shirt, open at the collar.
他穿一件素净的蓝色衬衫，领口敞着。
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4. The collar was embroidered with very small red strawberries.
衣领上绣着非常小的红色草莓。
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5. He buttoned his collar tightly round his thick neck.
