libation
英 [laɪ'beɪʃ(ə)n]
美 [laɪ'beʃən]
- n. 饮酒；奠酒祭神仪式（形容词libationary）
助记提示
1. 谐音“李白醒”------李白喝酒醉了好几天，终于行了， 李白好饮酒。
2. 读：来杯参------来一杯人参酒-----奠酒
中文词源
libation 奠酒，祭酒来自拉丁语libare,倾洒，洒出，尤指洒酒，敬神，来自PIE*lei,流出，倒，词源同littoral,limnology.
英文词源
- libation (n.)
- late 14c., "pouring out of wine in honor of a god," from Latin libationem (nominative libatio) "a drink offering," noun of action from past participle stem of libare "pour out (an offering)," from PIE *(s)leib- "to pour, drop" (source of Greek leibein "to pour, make a libation"), an enlargement of root *lei- "to pour, to flow" (cognates: Sanskrit riyati "to let run;" Greek aleison "a wine vessel;" Lithuanian lieju "to pour," lytus "rain;" Hittite lilai- "to let go;" Albanian lyse, lise "a stream;" Welsh lliant "a stream, a sea," llifo "to flow;" Old Irish lie "a flood;" Breton livad "inundation;" Gaelic lighe "a flood, overflow;" Gothic leithu "fruit wine;" Old Church Slavonic liti, lêju, Bulgarian leja "I pour;" Czech liti, leji, Old Polish lić "to pour"). Transferred sense of "liquid poured out to be drunk" is from 1751. Related: Libations.
双语例句
- 1. He was consuming his final libation.
- 他正在喝着他的最后一杯酒.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
