shoulder: [OE] Shoulder is a general West Germanic word, with relatives in German schulter and Dutch schouder (it was also borrowed into Swedish and Danish as skuldra and skulder respectively). It goes back to a prehistoric *skuldr-, but where this came from is not clear. One suggestion is that it is distantly related to English shield, and originally denoted ‘shoulder-blade’ (the underlying meaning being ‘flat piece’).
shoulder (n.)
Old English sculdor "shoulder," from West Germanic *skuldro (cognates: Middle Dutch scouder, Dutch schouder, Old Frisian skoldere, Middle Low German scholder, Old High German scultra, German Schulter), of unknown origin, perhaps related to shield (n.). Meaning "edge of the road" is attested from 1933. Cold shoulder (Neh. ix:29) translates Latin humerum recedentum dare in Vulgate (but see cold shoulder). Shoulder-length, of hair, is from 1951.
shoulder (v.)
c. 1300, "to push with the shoulder," from shoulder (n.). Meaning "take a burden" first recorded 1580s. The military sense is from 1590s. Related: Shouldered; shouldering.
雙語例句
1. He was wounded in the shoulder by a ricochet.
他被一顆跳彈打傷了肩膀。
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2. Her ear, shoulder and hip are in a straight line.
她的耳朵、肩膀和髖部呈一條直線。
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3. Turkin tapped him on the shoulder. "Sorry to interrupt, Colonel."
圖爾金拍拍他的肩膀。“不好意思打斷您一下，上校。”
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4. He complained a little of a nagging pain between his shoulder blades.
他有幾句提到說肩胛骨之間一直在疼。
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5. As he tried to crawl away, he was hit in the shoulder.