英语词汇aisle的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	aisle
词源	aisle. Aisle strictly means a section of a church or auditori- um, deriving from the Latin ala, “wing,” and that is how the word has been used by the British until relatively recently. But Americans have long used aisle to mean a passageway in a church, auditorium, or elsewhere, and this usage is becoming universal.
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