• n. 熨斗；烙鐵；堅強
• vt. 熨；用鐵鑄成
• adj. 鐵的；殘酷的；剛強的
• vi. 熨衣；燙平
• n. (Iron)人名；(英)艾恩

來自古英語isaern,鐵，鐵制品，鐵制武器，來自PIE*eis,堅硬的，堅固的。部分詞源學家進一步推測來自PIE*h1esh2r,血，詞源同sanguine,血紅色。由血引申詞義血紅，鐵水，鐵。同時，由于血在古代觀念中的神圣含義，引申詞義神圣的，強烈的感情，衍生ire,estrus,hieratic等。參照blood,bless.

iron

iron: [OE] Iron is probably a Celtic contribution to English, but the borrowing took place in the prehistoric period, before the Germanic dialects separated, and so English shares the word with German (eisen), Dutch (ijzen), Swedish (j?rn), etc. The prehistoric Celtic form from which these all ultimately came was *īsarnon, which some have linked with Latin aes ‘bronze’ and Sanskrit isira- ‘strong’. The ancient Indo- European peoples had already split up into groups speaking mutually unintelligible tongues by the time iron came into general use, so there was never any common Indo-European term for it.

iron (n.)

Old English is?rn (with Middle English rhotacism of -s-) "the metal iron; an iron weapon," from Proto-Germanic *isarnan (cognates: Old Saxon isarn, Old Norse isarn, Middle Dutch iser, Old High German isarn, German Eisen) "holy metal" or "strong metal" (in contrast to softer bronze) probably an early borrowing of Celtic *isarnon (compare Old Irish iarn, Welsh haiarn), from PIE *is-(e)ro- "powerful, holy," from PIE *eis "strong" (cognates: Sanskrit isirah "vigorous, strong," Greek ieros "strong").

Right so as whil that Iren is hoot men sholden smyte. [Chaucer, c. 1386]

Chemical symbol Fe is from the Latin word for the metal, ferrum (see ferro-). Meaning "metal device used to press or smooth clothes" is from 1610s. The adjective is Old English iren, isern. To have (too) many irons in the fire "to be doing too much at once" is from 1540s. Iron lung "artificial respiration tank" is from 1932.

iron (v.)

c. 1400, irenen, "to make of iron," from iron (n.). Meaning "press clothes" (with a heated flat-iron) is recorded from 1670s. Related: Ironed; ironing.

1. The small churchyard was surrounded by a rusted wrought-iron fence.

不大的教堂墓地周邊圍著一圈生銹的熟鐵柵欄。

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2. They would have to offer cast-iron guarantees to invest in long-term projects.

他們需提供絕對可靠的擔保，才能投資長期項目。

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3. The rattan and wrought-iron chair pictured here costs ￡125.

這張圖片中的鐵藝藤椅要價125英鎊。

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4. Mills have iron pillars all over the place holding up the roof.

工廠里四處都立有鐵柱支撐著房頂。

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5. He went to prison for receiving stolen scrap iron.

他因為收購偷來的廢鐵而入獄。

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