英文词源
- impregnable
- impregnable: see prey
- impregnable (adj.)
- early 15c., imprenable "impossible to capture," from Middle French imprenable "invulnerable," from assimilated form of in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + Old French prenable "assailable, vulnerable" (see pregnable). With intrusive -g- 16c., on model of deign, reign, etc. Related: Impregnability.
中文词源
impregnable:坚不可催的
im-,不,非,pregnable,易受攻击的,词源同prehensile,插入字母g.即没法攻击的,坚不可催的。
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