December

英 [d?'semb?] 美[d?'s?mb?]

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復(fù)數(shù):?Decembers;

December 十二月

來自decem-, 十，詞源同ten.原指古羅馬歷的十月，后為使歷法更科學，加入了January, February, 而原來的十月順延到十二月。

December: December: [13] December was originally so named by the ancient Romans (Latin December) because it was the tenth month of their calendar (which began with March). The term was derived from Latin decem ‘ten’. It reached English via Old French decembre.
=> decimal, ten
December (n.): c. 1000, from Old French decembre, from Latin December, from decem "ten" (see ten); tenth month of the old Roman calendar, which began with March.

The -ber in four Latin month names is probably from -bris, an adjectival suffix. Tucker thinks that the first five months were named for their positions in the agricultural cycle, and "after the gathering in of the crops, the months were merely numbered."
If the word contains an element related to mensis, we must assume a *decemo-membris (from *-mensris). October must then be by analogy from a false division Sep-tem-ber &c. Perhaps, however, from *de-cem(o)-mr-is, i.e. "forming the tenth part or division," from *mer- ..., while October = *octuo-mr-is. [T.G. Tucker, "Etymological Dictionary of Latin"]

1. Their first car rolls off the production line on December 16.: 他們的第一輛車于12月16日下線。

2. There will be a run-off between these two candidates on December 9th.: 12月9日將舉行這兩位候選人的決勝選舉。

3. Last December they hunted down and killed one of the gangsters.: 去年12月他們追捕到其中一名匪徒并將其擊斃。

4. The sides must battle again for a quarter-final place on December 16.: 雙方將在12月16日再次交鋒以爭奪進入四分之一決賽的席位。

5. On December 8 the media blitz began in earnest.: 12月8日，一場大規(guī)模媒體宣傳活動轟轟烈烈地展開了。