英语词汇start的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	start
词源	start [OE] Old English styrtan meant ‘to caper, leap’. From the sense ‘sudden movement’ arose the meaning ‘initiation of movement, setting out on a journey’, which then gave ‘beginning (of a process, etc.)’. Startle [OE] comes from the same root. See also naked.
随便看	steeplechase steeplejack stellar stench sterling Stetson stevedore stew stick stickler stiff stifle stigma stigmata still stilted stimulate stink stipend stir stitch stoic stomach stone stonking

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