doughty: [11] Doughty originally had the rather general sense ‘worthy, virtuous’ – ‘brave’ is a secondary specialization. It comes from late Old English dohtig, an unexplained variant of an earlier Old English dyhtig, which appears to have derived ultimately from a prehistoric Germanic *duhtiz ‘ability, capacity’. This in turn came from a verb *dugan ‘be able or strong’, which itself came into Old English and survived dialectally until the 19th century as dow ‘be able to do something’ or ‘thrive’.
doughty (adj.)
Old English dohtig "competent, good, valiant," from dyhtig "strong," related to dugan "to be fit, be able, be strong," and influenced by its past participle, dohte.
All from Proto-Germanic *duhtiz- (cognates: Middle High German tühtec, German tüchtig, Middle Dutch duchtich), from PIE *dheugh- "to be fit, be of use, proper" (cognates: German Tugend "virtue," Greek teukhein "to make ready," Irish dual "becoming, fit," Russian du?ij "strong, robust"). Rare after 17c.; in deliberately archaic or mock-heroic use since c. 1800. If it had survived, its modern form would be dighty.
雙語例句
1. His doughty campaigns for the underprivileged have earned him national respect.
他為弱勢群體奔走呼號，贏得了全國的尊敬。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Most of successful men have the characteristics of contumacy and doughty.
絕大多數成功人士都有共同的特質：脾氣倔強，性格剛強。
來自辭典例句
3. The doughty old man battled his illness with fierce determination.
堅強的老人用巨大毅力與疾病作斗爭.
來自互聯網
4. Doughty beauty is an aesthetic category that has been advanced by Mr.
“剛美”是張玉能先生近幾年提出的一個美學范疇.
來自互聯網
5. Bob Doughty reads from the diary of Daniel Bursch.