英文词源
- rescue
- rescue: see quash
- rescue (n.)
- late 14c., from rescue (v.). Earlier noun was rescous (early 14c.), from Old French rescous.
- rescue (v.)
- c. 1300, from stem of Old French rescorre "protect, keep safe; free, deliver" (Modern French recourre), from re-, intensive prefix (see re-), + escourre "to cast off, discharge," from Latin excutere "to shake off, drive away," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + -cutere, combining form of quatere "to shake" (see quash). Related: Rescued; rescuing.
中文词源
rescue：营救，救援
来自古法语 rescurre,营救，解救，来自拉丁语 re-,表强调，excutere,摇出，来自 ex-,向外，-cut, 摇，晃动，词源同 discuss,percussion.
该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：rescue 词源，rescue 含义。
rescue：援救；营救
前缀re-用于加强语气；-s-同于ex-，指“向外”；-cue本义“摇，甩”，与percussion（打击乐器）中的-cuss同源；字面义“甩脱”。这里用联想：re-看做前缀“往回”，-scue音似secure（安全的），则字面义为“回到安全境地”。
rescue：营救，救援
来自古法语 rescurre,营救，解救，来自拉丁语 re-,表强调，excutere,摇出，来自 ex-,向外，-cut, 摇，晃动，词源同 discuss,percussion.