hale
英 [heɪl]
- adj. 矍铄的（尤指老人）；强壮的
- adv. 完全地
- vt. 迫使；猛拉
- vi. 不断流出
- n. (Hale)人名；(英)黑尔；(德、瑞典、芬)哈勒
助记提示
1. heal, health => hale, whole.
2. whole <===> hale.
3. haul => hale.
中文词源
hale 健康的，健朗的来自古英语hal,健康的，词源同hail,health.
hale 强拉硬拖词源同haul.
英文词源
- hale
- hale: see whole
- hale (adj.)
- "in good health, robust," Old English hal "healthy, sound, safe; entire; uninjured; genuine, straightforward" (see health). The Scottish and northern English form of whole and with a more etymological spelling. It later acquired a literary sense of "free from infirmity" (1734), especially in reference to the aged. Related: Haleness.
- hale (v.)
- c. 1200, "drag, pull," in Middle English used of arrows, bowstrings, reins, swords, anchors, etc., from Old French haler "to pull, haul, tow, tug" (12c.), from Frankish *halon or Old Dutch halen or some other Germanic source, from Proto-Germanic *halon "to call," from PIE *kele- (2) "to shout" (see claim (v.)). Figurative sense of "to draw (someone) from one condition to another" is late 14c. Related: Haled; haling.
双语例句
- 1. The old man is still hale and hearty.
- 老人的身体还挺硬棒.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 2. He is eighty, but still hale and hearty.
- 他年已八旬, 但仍老当益壮.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- 3. She is remarkable and I'dlike to see her remain hale and hearty for years yet.
- 她身体状况非常好，我希望她身子骨能一直这么硬朗。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. Nathan Hale looked around as a British soldier put the rope around his neck.
- 当一个英国士兵把绳子套在他的脖子上的时候,内森·黑尔向四周看了看.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 5. " Why , I was just over there this afternoon -- Mrs. Hale and I.
- “ 我今天下午刚去那里看了回来 -- 海尔太太和我一起去的.
来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹