ark: [OE] The notion underlying ark seems to be that of ‘enclosing or defending a space’. Its ultimate Latin source, arca ‘large box or chest’, was related to arx ‘citadel’ and to arcēre ‘close up’ (from which English gets arcane). Arca was borrowed into prehistoric Germanic, and came into English as ?rc. In addition to meaning ‘chest’ (a sense which had largely died out by the 18th century), it signified the ‘coffer in which the ancient Hebrews kept the tablets of the Ten Commandments’ – the Ark of the Covenant – and by extension, the large commodious vessel in which Noah escaped the Flood. => arcane, exercise
ark (n.)
Old English earc, mainly meaning Noah's but also the Ark of the Covenant, from Latin arca "large box, chest" (see arcane). Also borrowed in Old High German (arahha, Modern German Arche). From the Noachian sense comes extended meaning "place of refuge" (17c.). As the name of a type of ship or boat, from late 15c. In 19c. U.S., especially a large, flat-bottomed river boat to move produce, livestock, etc. to market.
雙語例句
1. " On Noah's Ark,'said somebody.
“ 在諾亞方舟上.”有人答道.
來自英漢非文學 - 民俗
2. The family came over in the ark.
這一姓氏可以上溯到方舟時代.
來自辭典例句
3. It cost about 65 cents a month to subscribe to the Pine Bluff , Ark ., Commercial.
他每月花約6角5分訂閱阿肯色州 恩布拉夫 出版的《商業》報.
來自名作英譯部分
4. Deerslayer made the best dispositions he could to keep the ark as nearly stationary as possible.
殺鹿人盡量把平底船的位置保持不動.
來自辭典例句
5. Half an hour passed, during which time the ark had been slowly stealing over the water.