英语单词

escort是什么意思

escort

英 ['eskɔːt] 美 ['ɛskɔt]
  • n. 陪同;护航舰;护卫队;护送者
  • vt. 护送;陪同;为…护航

助记提示


1. The notion underlying escort is of 'guidance', of 'showing the right path'.
2. ex- => es- + (correct => corrig- => corg- => cort-) => escort.
3. 词源上这个词和correct同源,但引申较多,在此用联想。es前缀“外边”,cort看成cart(二轮运货马车),字面义“在马车外”。古时护镖人跟随马车一路前行,又有关云长千里走单骑护送兄妻,也是一路走在马车外边。

中文词源


escort 护送

来自拉丁文*excorrigere, 引导,护送,来自词根rig, 竖立,坚直,词源同right, erect. 原为军事术语。

英文词源


escort
escort: [16] The notion underlying escort is of ‘guidance’, of ‘showing the right path’. The word comes via French from Italian scorta ‘guide’, a noun use of the past participle of scorgere ‘show, guide’. This in turn came from Vulgar Latin *excorrigere, a compound verb formed from the prefix ex- ‘out’ and Latin corrigere ‘put right’ (source of English correct).
=> correct
escort (n.)
1570s, in military sense, from Middle French escorte (16c.), from Italian scorta, literally "a guiding," from scorgere "to guide," from Vulgar Latin *excorrigere, from ex- "out" (see ex-) + Latin corrigere "set right" (see correct (v.)). The sense of "person accompanying another to a social occasion" is 1936.
escort (v.)
1708, originally military, from escort (n.), or from French escorter; social sense is from 1890. Related: Escorted; escorting.

双语例句


1. My sister needed an escort for a company dinner.
我妹妹需要一个陪她参加公司晚宴的男伴。

来自柯林斯例句

2. He arrived with a police escort shortly before half past nine.
快到9点半的时候,他在一名警察的护送下到达了。

来自柯林斯例句

3. "He wants a police escort." — "Well, he can whistle for that."
“他希望有警卫护送。”——“那他是指望不上了。”

来自柯林斯例句

4. The prisoner was taken under escort to the jail.
罪犯被押送到监狱.

来自《简明英汉词典》

5. Her escort to the party was a tall young man.
陪同她参加晚会的是一位高个子男青年.

来自《简明英汉词典》

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