fucus

英 ['fjuːkəs] 美
  • n. 岩藻;墨角藻属

英文词源


fucus (n.)
algae genus, 1716, from Latin fucus, a type of reddish seaweed or rock-lichen, from or related to Greek phykos "seaweed," which is said to be of Semitic origin. From it was prepared in ancient times a red dye for woolen goods; hence in Greek and Latin it also had a sense "red paint" and was the general word for the article of women's make-up that supplied the place of rouge; and in Latin it was further extended to include "deceit, disguise." The custom is said to have originated among the Ionians, who were in close contact with Semitic peoples. The word was in Middle English as fuke, fuike "dissimulation" (mid-15c.); "red woolen cloth" (late 15c.); later fucus "a paint, dye," especially for the face, "rouge," also commonly used 17c. figuratively as "disguise, pretense." Hence also obsolete fucate "disguised, dissembling" (1530s), literally "colored, beautified with paint," from Latin fucatus "painted, painted, colored, disguised," past participle adjective from fucare, a verb derived from fucus.

双语例句


1. Algae Watpower Ingredient & efficacy : High active natural mineral and Microelement, natural anti - sensitive factor, Fucus.
海洋水活素AlgaeWatpower主要成分 与 特性: 高活性天然矿物质及微量元素 、 天然 抗 敏因子 、 墨角藻等.

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