content
英 [kən'tent]
美 ['kɑntɛnt]
- n. 内容，目录；满足；容量
- adj. 满意的
- vt. 使满足
- n. (Content)人名；(法)孔唐
助记提示
1. con- "together" + tent- "hold".
2. => that which is contained.
3. Sense evolved through "contained," "restrained," to "satisfied," as the contented person's desires are bound by what he or she already has.
中文词源
content 内容，满意的con-, 强调。-ten, 持有，握住，词源同tenable, tenure. 即包含于其中的，心满意足的。
英文词源
- content
- content: The adjective and noun content come ultimately from the same source, but as their divergent pronunciations suggest, they reached English via different routes. Their common original is Latin contentus, past participle of continēre ‘hold together, enclose, contain’ (source of English contain, continent, continue, and countenance). The more recent borrowing, the noun content [15], comes directly from medieval Latin contentum, and retains the original meaning of the Latin verb.
The adjective content [14], however, comes via Old French content, and reflects a metaphorical change in the Latin past participle from ‘contained’ via ‘restrained’ and ‘self-restrained’ to ‘satisfied’.
=> contain, continent, continue, countenance, retentive - content (adj.)
- c. 1400, from Old French content, "satisfied," from Latin contentus "contained, satisfied," past participle of continere (see contain). Related: Contently (largely superseded by contentedly).
- content (v.)
- early 15c., from Middle French contenter, from content (adj.) "satisfied," from Latin contentus "contained, satisfied," past participle of continere (see contain). Sense evolved through "contained," "restrained," to "satisfied," as the contented person's desires are bound by what he or she already has. Related: Contented; contentedly.
- content (n.)
- "that which is contained," early 15c., from Latin contentum, contenta, noun use of past participle of continere (see contain). Meaning "satisfaction" is from 1570s; heart's content is from 1590s (Shakespeare).
双语例句
- 1. There are reports of widespread dis-content in the capital.
- 有报道称首都弥漫着不满的情绪。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Stricter controls were placed on the content of video films.
- 对录像片内容实行了更为严格的监管。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. Not content with rescuing one theatre, Sally Green has taken on another.
- 萨莉·格林不满足于挽救一家剧院，她又接手了另外一家。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. Sunflower margarine has the same fat content as butter.
- 向日葵所制人造黄油的脂肪含量与黄油脂肪含量相同。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. Other women seemed content and even exhibited their bellies with pride.
- 其他女人似乎很满足，甚至还骄傲地炫耀她们的肚腩。
来自柯林斯例句
