each: [OE] Each comes from Old English ?lc. This, brief as it is, was in fact originally a compound adjective; it was descended from West Germanic *aiwō galīkaz, literally ‘ever alike’ (*aiwō is the source of English aye ‘ever’ [12], *galīkaz the source of English alike). ?lc also formed the second element of an Old English expression, literally ‘ever each’, which has become modern English every. => alike, aye
each
Old English ?lc (n., pron., adj.) "any, all, every, each (one)," short for a-gelic "ever alike," from a "ever" (see aye (2)) + gelic "alike" (see like (adj.)). From a common West Germanic expression *aiwo galika (cognates: Dutch elk, Old Frisian ellik, Old High German iogilih, German jeglich "each, every"). Originally used as we now use every (which is a compound of each) or all; modern use is by influence of Latin quisque. Modern spelling appeared late 1500s. Also see ilk, such, which.
雙語例句
1. His voice was harsh as he enunciated each word carefully.
他一字一頓，聽上去很生硬。
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2. She planted a kiss on each of his leathery cheeks.
她在他粗糙的面頰上左右各吻了一下。
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3. Try to support each other when one of you is feeling down.
當有人覺得情緒低落時，要努力相互打氣。
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4. After sixteen years of marriage they have grown bored with each other.
結婚16年后，他們已經漸漸彼此厭倦了。
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5. The winner of each preliminary goes through to the final.