中英互译
alms
英 /ɑːmz/美 /ɑːmz/
基本释义
- n.捐献;救济物,施舍金
双语例句
- Give us some alms, we beg of you!施舍给我们一些施舍吧,我们求你了!
- I hear that a great man doesn't drink a thief's water or accept alms.我听说有志之士不喝盗泉之水,廉洁之士不吃嗟来之食。
- The old lady gave the old soldier alms, and went into the church with Karen.老太太送了几个银毫给这兵士,然后就带着珈伦走进教堂里去了。
网络短语
- beg for alms化缘;乞求施舍;缑
- Soup in alms bowl砂钵汤
- collect alms募化
- alms-house济贫院;养老院
- give alms布施;施舍
词语扩展
n.
捐献;救济物,施舍金
n.
almsgiver施舍者;布施者
almsgiving救济,施舍
词义分布
救济金
77.8%
救济物
22.2%
英英释义
- n.money or goods contributed to the poor
词源
- alms来自中世纪英语almes, almesse, ælmesse, 来自古英语ælmesse, 来自VL. *alemosyna, 来自后期拉丁语eleēmosyna, 来自古希腊语ἐλεημοσύνη("alms"), 来自ἐλεέω("I have mercy"), 来自ἔλεος("mercy"). 参见沙特弗里西语Aalmoose("alms"), 荷兰语aalmoes("alms"), 德语Almosen("alms").
- alms施舍物词源不详。
- almsFrom Middle English almes, almesse, ælmesse, from Old English ælmesse, from Vulgar Latin *alemosyna, from Late Latin eleēmosyna, from Ancient Greek ἐλεημοσύνη (eleēmosúnē, “alms”), from ἐλεέω (eleéō, “I have mercy”), from ἔλεος (éleos, “mercy”). Compare Saterland Frisian Aalmoose (“alms”), Dutch aalmoes (“alms”), German Almosen (“alms”).