sloe

英 [sl??] 美[slo]

暢通詞匯

復數:?sloes;

sloe 黑刺李

來自古英語 slah,黑刺李，來自 Proto-Germanic*slaikhwon,來自 PIE*sleie,藍的，藍黑的，詞源同 livid,青紫色的，烏青色的。因這種灌木植物的莖干呈黑色而得名。

sloe: sloe: [OE] Etymologically, the sloe is probably the ‘blue-black’ fruit. The word comes, along with its relatives German schlehe, Dutch slee, Swedish sl?, and Danish slaa, from a prehistoric Germanic *slaikhwōn, which has been linked with Latin līvēre ‘be blue-black’ (source of English livid [17]). Another close relative is Serbo-Croat shljiva ‘plum’, whose derivative shljivovica ‘plum brandy’ has given English slivovitz [19].
=> livid, slivovitz
sloe (n.): fruit of the blackthorn, Old English slah (plural slan), from Proto-Germanic *slaikhwon (cognates: Middle Dutch sleeu, Dutch slee, Old High German sleha, German Schlehe), from PIE *sleie- "blue, bluish, blue-black" (see livid).

The vowel has been influenced by that in the old plural form, which according to OED persisted into the 17c. Scottish slae preserves the older vowel. Sloe-eyed is attested from 1804; sloe gin first recorded 1878.

1. She has a mane of black hair, sloe eyes a fetching smile and a cute giggle.: 她一席黑發, 黑亮的眼睛,勾人攝魄的笑容,銀鈴般的笑聲.