gonfalon
英 ['ɡɒnfələn]
美
英文词源
- gonfalon (n.)
- 1590s, variant of Middle English gonfanon (c. 1300), from Old French gonfanon "knight's pennon" (12c., Modern French gonfalon), from Frankish *gundfano or Old High German guntfano "battle flag," from a Proto-Germanic compound of *gunthjo "war, battle" (from PIE *gwhen- "to strike, kill;" see bane) + *fano "banner" (compare Gothic fana "cloth;" see fane). Cognate with Old English guþfana, Old Norse gunnfani. Change of -n- to -l- by dissimilation.
双语例句
- 1. The soldiers advanced again when they saw their rising gonfalon.
- 看到了他们正在升起的旌旗,士兵们就又一次发起了进攻.
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