tire

英 [taɪə] 美 ['taɪɚ]
  • vi. 疲劳;厌倦
  • vt. 使…疲倦;使…厌烦
  • n. 轮胎;头饰
  • n. (Tire)人名;(土)蒂雷

助记提示


tire.............太 饿(饿的浑身没劲).....(使)疲倦
2. ti-re, 两部分分别发音,其谐音为“太累”。
3. 谐音“胎儿”-----“轮胎儿”的简称,此“胎儿”非怀孕的“胎儿”。
4. tyre <===> tire.

中文词源


tire 使疲劳,疲倦

来自古英语 teorian,耗尽,停止,厌倦,来自 PIE*deu-s,*deu,缺乏,缺少,滞后,由该 PIE 词衍生前缀 dys-,坏的,差的,如 dysfunction,dyslexia.引申词义使疲劳,厌倦。

tire 轮胎

来自中古英语 tire,装备,缩写自 attire,装备,准备,盛装,词源同 tier,tirade.该词原指马车或 战车轮子的外边缘铁板,后引申词义轮胎。

英文词源


tire
tire: [OE] Tire is something of a mystery word. It was relatively common in the Old English period (where it originally meant ‘fail, cease, come to an end’ – ‘become weary’ is a secondary development), but then it disappeared, to return in the 14th century. Nor is anything certain known about its pre-English ancestry, although it may go back to the Indo-European base *deus- (source also of Sanskrit dosa- ‘fault, lack’). The use of the past participle tired as an adjective dates from the late 14th century.
tire (v.1)
"to weary," also "to become weary," Old English teorian (Kentish tiorian) "to fail, cease; become weary; make weary, exhaust," of uncertain origin; according to Watkins possibly from a PIE *deu-s-, suffixed form of root *deu- (1) "to lack, be wanting." Related: Tired; tiring.
tire (n.)
late 15c., "iron plates forming a rim of a carriage wheel," probably from tire "equipment, dress, covering" (c. 1300), a shortened form of attire (n.). The notion is of the tire as the dressing of the wheel. The original spelling was tyre, which had shifted to tire in 17c.-18c., but since early 19c. tyre has been revived in Great Britain and become standard there. Rubber ones, for bicycles (later automobiles) are from 1877. A tire-iron originally was one of the iron plates; as a device for separating a tire from a wheel, by 1909.
tire (v.2)
"furnish with a tire," 1899, from tire (n.).

双语例句


1. Sooner or later he may tire of constantly putting himself last.
迟早他会厌倦总是把自己排在最后。

来自柯林斯例句

2. McKee suddenly noticed tire tracks on the bank ahead.
麦基突然注意到前方岸边的轮胎痕迹。

来自柯林斯例句

3. He felt he would never tire of international cricket.
他认为自己永远不会对国际板球赛生厌。

来自柯林斯例句

4. His objective was to tire out the climbers.
他的目标是使登山者筋疲力尽。

来自柯林斯例句

5. Her legs were beginning to tire.
她的双腿开始感到累了。

来自《权威词典》

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