nectar

英 ['nekt?] 美['n?kt?]

TEM8GRE低頻詞暢通詞匯

1. 仙酒：nectar (神仙喝的可以長生不老、長生不死的酒). 仙果：ambrosia (神仙吃的可以長生不老、長生不死的水果).

nectar 花蜜，桃汁

來自希臘語nektar, 仙肴，神仙的飲品，來自nek-,死亡，-tar,超越，詞源同trans-.引申詞義花蜜，桃汁。

nectar: nectar: [16] Nectar was originally the drink of the Greek gods, but soon after the word’s arrival in English it was being used metaphorically for any ‘delicious drink’. It comes via Latin nectar from Greek néktar, and it has been speculated that this may have been derived from the base *nek- ‘kill’ (source also of English necromancy), as some sort of allusion to the ‘immortality’ of the gods. Nectarine [17], the name of a sort of peach based on the now disused adjective nectarine ‘like nectar’, was probably inspired by German nektarpfirsich ‘nectar-peach’.
nectar (n.): 1550s, from Latin nectar, from Greek nektar, name of the drink of the gods, which is said to be a compound of nek- "death" (see necro-) + -tar "overcoming," from PIE *tere- (2) "to cross over, pass through, overcome" (see through). Meaning "sweet liquid in flowers" first recorded c. 1600.

2. Hummingbirds have discovered that nectar and pollen are very nutritious.: 蜂鳥發現花蜜和花粉是很有營養的.

3. Insects are attracted to flowers by their colour, scent and nectar.: 昆蟲為花的色彩、香氣和花蜜所吸引.