英语词汇attractive的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	attractive
词源	attractive adj. late 14c., attractif, "absorptive," from Old French atractif "having the power to attract" (14c.), from attract-, past-participle stem of Latin attrahere (see attract). The meaning "having the quality of drawing people's eye or interest" is from 1580s; the sense of "pleasing, alluring" is from c. 1600. Related: Attractively; attractiveness. Entries linking to attractive attract v. early 15c., attracten, "draw (objects or persons) to oneself," also a medical term for the body's tendency to absorb fluids, nourishment, etc., or for a poultice treatment to "draw out" diseased matter; from Latin attractus, past participle of attrahere "to draw, pull; to attract," from assimilated form of ad "to" (see ad-) + trahere "to pull, draw" (see tract (n.1)). Of physical forces (magnets, etc.), from 17c. The figurative sense of "be attractive, draw to oneself the eyes or attentions of others" is from 1690s. Related: Attracted; attracting. unattractive adj. 1729, from un- (1) "not" + attractive. Related: Unattractively; unattractiveness. updated on September 29, 2022
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attractive adj.