英文词源
- traction (n.)
- early 15c., "a drawing or pulling" (originally the pulling of a dislocated limb to reposition it), from Medieval Latin tractionem (nominative tractio) "a drawing" (mid-13c.), noun of action from past participle stem of Latin trahere "to pull, draw" (see tract (n.1)). Sense of "rolling friction of a vehicle" first appears 1825. In modern medical care, "a sustained pull to a part of the body to hold fractured bones in position," 1885.
中文词源
来自拉丁语 trahere,拖,拉,使移动,词源同 drag,tract.-ct,过去分词格,-ion,表名词。引申词 义牵引,牵引力。
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