| 词源 |
distingue adj."having an air of distinction," 1813 (in Byron), from French distingué, literally "distinguished," past participle of distinguer "to separate between, keep separate, mark off" (see distinguish). The girls I knew had sad and sullen gray faces With distingué traces That used to be there — You could see where they'd been washed away By too many through the day Twelve o'clock tales. ["Lush Life," Billy Strayhorn, age 17] There was a verb distingue (Middle English distinguen, mid-14c., "to divide or subdivide, discern, perceive"), from Old French distinguer, but it has not survived. updated on August 18, 2020 |