spear

英 [spɪə] 美 [spɪr]

spear 矛，标枪

来自古英语 spere,矛，标枪，来自 Proto-Germanic*speri,矛，杆，来自 PIE*sper,矛，杆，来自 PIE*spei,尖刺，词源同 spar,spike,spire.

spear: spear: [OE] Spear is a general Germanic word, with relatives in German and Dutch speer (the Scandinavian forms have died out). Its ultimate ancestry is uncertain, although it may have distant links with English spar and Latin sparus ‘hunting spear’.
spear (n.1): "weapon with a penetrating head and a long wooden shaft, meant to be thrust or thrown," Old English spere "spear, javelin, lance," from Proto-Germanic *speri (cognates: Old Norse spjör, Old Saxon, Old Frisian sper, Dutch speer, Old High German sper, German Speer "spear"), from PIE root *sper- (1) "spear, pole" (cognates: Old Norse sparri "spar, rafter," and perhaps also Latin sparus "hunting spear").
spear (n.2): "sprout of a plant," 1640s, earlier "church spire" (c. 1500); variant of spire (n.).
spear (v.): 1755, from spear (n.1). Related: Speared; spearing.

1. Mr. Dambar had started off as an assistant to Mrs. Spear's husband.: 丹巴尔先生的第一份工作是给斯皮尔夫人的丈夫当助理。