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catherine

🇺🇸 /kˈæθɚʌn/
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Catherine 是英语女性名字,源自古希腊语,常见于人名和历史、文学语境。
💡 记忆钩子
把 Catherine 记成一个有历史感的女性名字:它先是古希腊名字,后来经法语进入英语,并因圣凯瑟琳等人物而广为人知。
📝 学习建议
  • 先把 Catherine 当作专名整体记忆,不要按普通词义去猜它的含义。
  • 它对应的中文名字通常译作“凯瑟琳”,但具体人物的译名可能因语境或既有译法而不同。
📖 中文释义
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  • core 女性名字;凯瑟琳
    📖 Catherine 是一个英语女性名字,中文通常译作“凯瑟琳”。它不是描述某种性格或事物的普通词,而是用来称呼或指代名为 Catherine 的女性。
    💡 常见模式是“人名 + Catherine”或“Catherine + 谓语”,例如介绍某人、谈论某位历史人物时直接使用。作为专名,它通常不加冠词,也不写成小写;不要把它误当作普通名词来翻译成某种性质。
    Catherine is studying medicine at the university.
    凯瑟琳正在大学里学习医学。
📘 英文释义 (WordNet) 共 2 组
empress of Russia who greatly increased the territory of the empire (1729-1796)
同义词集: catherine ii catherine catherine the great
first wife of Henry VIII; Henry VIII's divorce from her was the initial step of the Reformation in England (1485-1536)
同义词集: catherine of aragon catherine
🌳 词源
Catherine 经法语 Catherine 源自古希腊语 Αἰκατερίνη(或 Ἑκατερίνη),确切词源有争议;后来因民间词源影响,拼写与“纯洁”联系在一起。
Borrowed from French Catherine, from Ancient Greek Αἰκατερίνη (Aikaterínē), *Ἑκατερίνη (*Hekaterínē), of debated meaning, possibly from ἑκάτερος (hekáteros, “each of the two”), or from the name of the goddess Hecate. The apheresis of the first syllable as well as the spelling with ⟨th⟩ in Latin languages, German and English, is due to a folk etymology, dating from Roman times, which associated the name with the Ancient Greek καθαρός (katharós, “pure”). The name belonged to a 4th-century saint and martyr from Alexandria who was tortured on the wheel from where the term Catherine wheel originates.
🔄 变式
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