ski: [19] A ski is etymologically a piece of wood ‘split’ from a tree trunk. The word was borrowed from Norwegian ski, a descendant of Old Norse skíth ‘piece of split wood, ski’. This in turn came from the prehistoric Germanic base *skīth-, *skaith- ‘divide, split’, source also of English sheath, shed, etc. The Norwegian word is pronounced /she/, and that is the way in which it was once often said (and indeed sometimes spelled) in English. (Old Norse skíth may also lie behind English skid [17], which originally meant ‘block of wood used as a support’, hence ‘wooden chock for stopping a wheel’.
The modern sense only emerged in the 19th century, from the notion of a wheel slipping when it is prevented from revolving.) => sheath, shed, skid
ski (n.)
1883 (there is an isolated instance from 1755; in early use often spelled skee), from Norwegian ski, related to Old Norse skie "long snowshoe," literally "stick of wood, firewood," cognate with Old English scid "stick of wood," obsolete English shide "piece of wood split off from timber;" Old High German skit, German Scheit "log," from Proto-Germanic *skid- "to divide, split," from PIE root *skei- "to cut, split" (see shed (v.)). Ski-jumper is from 1894; ski bum first attested 1960; ski-mask is from 1963; noted as part of criminal disguises from 1968.
ski (v.)
1885, from ski (n.). Related: Skied; skiing.
雙語例句
1. Snow Puppies is a ski school for 3 to 6-year-olds.
“雪狗之家”是一所針對3至6歲兒童的滑雪學校。
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2. She ran off with an intellectually challenged ski instructor.
她和一個腦筋不太好使的滑雪教練私奔了。
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3. There are countless small ski areas dotted about the province.
該省內遍布著許多小型滑雪場。
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4. The ski school coaches beginners, intermediates, and advanced skiers.
滑雪學校訓練指導初學者及中級與高級滑雪者。
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5. I clacked one ski against the other and almost tripped.