英语词汇ox-eyed的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	ox-eyed
词源	ox-eyed adj. "having large, full eyes," 1620s, from ox + -eyed. An epithet used by Homer (boōpis) of the goddess Hera (Juno) and beautiful women. Oxeye has since c. 1400 been a name given to various flowering plants thought to resemble the eye of an ox; it is also used of certain birds, fishes, and a type of mirror. Entries linking to ox-eyed ox n. "the domestic Bos taurus" (commonly meaning the castrated males, used to pull loads or for food), Middle English oxe, from Old English oxa "ox" (plural oxan), from Proto-Germanic ukhson (source also of Old Norse oxi, Old Frisian oxa, Middle Dutch osse, Old Saxon, Old High German ohso, German Ochse, Gothic auhsa), from PIE uks-en- "male animal," (source also of Welsh ych "ox," Middle Irish oss "stag," Sanskrit uksa, Avestan uxshan- "ox, bull"), said to be from root uks- "to sprinkle," related to ugw- "wet, moist." The animal word, then, is literally "besprinkler." Also used from late Old English of the wild, undomesticated bovines. The black ox "misfortune, adversity, old age," etc., is by 1540s. -eyed in compounds, "having eyes" (of a specified kind), by c. 1300, from eye (n.). updated on November 16, 2019
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ox-eyed adj.