ceiling ['si:lɪŋ] n.天花板;最高限度谐音法→ceiling(读:“系铃”)讲解:将风铃系到天花板上。来自PIE*kel, 隐藏,遮盖,词源同cell, cellar, hole.cell [sel] n.
在单词school中,ch就发的音,但如果我们查词典的话,我们查到的是,但实际上我们听到的声音却是。当这些辅音字母组合同时满足以上三点时, 我们就要把, , 和 读成, , 和 , 这种情况就叫做清音浊化现象。
词源:From Middle English hot, hat, from Old English hāt, from Proto-Germanic haitaz , from Proto-Indo-European kay- . Cognate with Scots hate, hait , North Frisian hiet , Saterland Frisian heet , West Frisian hjit , Dutch heet , Low German het , German Low German heet , German heiß , Danish hed , Swedish het , Icelandic heitur .
词源:From Middle English theater, theatre, from Old French theatre, from Latin theatrum, from Ancient Greek θέατρον , from θεάομαι . Doublet of tiatr.