英语词汇buoy的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

buoy; buoyant. Pronounced “boy” in England and by many sailors and some landlubbers in America (as in Lifebuoy soap), the word buoy (also pronounced “boo-i”) has no etymo- logical connection with “boy.” Buoy comes from the Old French boye meaning “chained,” in reference to the chain that holds a buoy in place. However, the chain is invisible to anyone looking at a buoy and buoys came, ironically enough, to suggest light- ness and freedom (the opposite of being chained) to onlookers, giving us the words buoyant and buoyancy. This was perhaps because of the floating action of the buoy itself.

词汇	buoy
词源	buoy; buoyant. Pronounced “boy” in England and by many sailors and some landlubbers in America (as in Lifebuoy soap), the word buoy (also pronounced “boo-i”) has no etymo- logical connection with “boy.” Buoy comes from the Old French boye meaning “chained,” in reference to the chain that holds a buoy in place. However, the chain is invisible to anyone looking at a buoy and buoys came, ironically enough, to suggest light- ness and freedom (the opposite of being chained) to onlookers, giving us the words buoyant and buoyancy. This was perhaps because of the floating action of the buoy itself.
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