gill

英 [g?l] 美[ɡ?l]

TEM8擴(kuò)展詞匯

復(fù)數(shù):?gills;

1. gills：諧音“給耳鰓、及耳鰓、給鱷鰓”。

gill 魚鰓

詞源不詳。

gill 及耳（液量單位，一品脫為四及耳）

詞源同gallon.

gill: gill: English has three separate words gill. The oldest, gill ‘ravine’ [11], was borrowed from Old Norse gil, a word of unknown ancestry. Gill ‘fishes’ breathing organ’ [14] probably also comes from an Old Norse *gil, never actually recorded, but deduced from modern Swedish g?l and Danish gj?lle ‘gill’. It may well go back to a prehistoric Indo-European source which also produced Greek kheilos ‘lip’. Gill ‘quarter of a pint’ [14] comes via Old French gille from medieval Latin gillo ‘water-pot’.
gill (n.1): "organ of breathing in fishes," early 14c., of unknown origin, perhaps related to Scandinavian words, such as Old Norse gj?lnar which perhaps means "gills," and Old Danish -g?ln (in fiske-g?ln "fish gill"); said to be ultimately from a PIE *ghel-una- "jaw" (cognate: Greek kheilos "lip"). Related: Gills.
gill (n.2): liquid measure (commonly a half-pint), late 13c., from Old French gille, a wine measure, and from Medieval Latin gillo "earthenware jar," words of uncertain origin, perhaps related to the source of gallon.
Gill: fem. proper name, shortened form of Gillian. Also see Jill. Gill-flirt "giddy young woman" is from 1630s.

5. Gill's last school report shocked his parents into action.: 吉爾最后的成績單使他的父母大為震驚,他們不得不采取行動.