madrigal: [16] Etymologically, madrigal denotes a ‘simple song, such as might just have sprung from the mother’s womb’. It comes ultimately from medieval Latin mātricālis ‘simple, primitive’, a derivative of Latin mātrix ‘womb’. (And mātrix itself, source of English matrix [16] and matriculate [16] – etymologically ‘put on a list’, from a later metaphorical use of the Latin noun for ‘list’ – was a derivative of māter ‘mother’.) Mātricālis passed into Italian as madrigale, where it was used as a noun for a ‘simple unaccompanied song’. => matriculate, matrix
madrigal (n.)
"short love poem," also "part-song for three or more voices," 1580s, from Italian madrigale, probably from Venetian dialect madregal "simple, ingenuous," from Late Latin matricalis "invented, original," literally "of or from the womb," from matrix (genitive matricis) "womb" (see matrix).
双语例句
1. When Mary finally appeared, she made her apologies to Mrs Madrigal.
最终露面时，玛丽向马德里加尔夫人表示了歉意。
来自柯林斯例句
2. Mrs. Madrigal heaped more carrots onto Michael'splate.
马德里加尔夫人将更多的胡萝卜堆到了迈克尔的盘子里。
来自柯林斯例句
3. Mrs. Madrigal buttered another piece of toast.
马德里加尔夫人给另一片烤面包涂上了黄油。
来自柯林斯例句
4. Mrs. Madrigal began drying dishes.
马德里加尔夫人开始擦干碟子。
来自柯林斯例句
5. You look like a melodious madrigal, beautiful snowy mountain, beautiful prairie.