euphrates

Euphrates 是“幼发拉底河”的英文名称，指中东一条重要河流。

💡 记忆钩子

把 Euphrates 想成一条从土耳其向东南流去、最后与底格里斯河汇合并注入波斯湾的大河；它也是古代美索不达米亚西侧的重要地理界线。

📝 学习建议

先把 Euphrates 与中文名“幼发拉底河”对应起来，再记住它和 Tigris（底格里斯河）常被并提；不要把它误解为某个国家或城市的名称。

📖 中文释义

name

core 幼发拉底河

📖 Euphrates 指幼发拉底河：它发源于土耳其，向西南后转向东南流，最后与底格里斯河汇合并流入波斯湾，是古代美索不达米亚西侧的重要河流。

💡 常见结构是“沿着 Euphrates”“Euphrates River valley”或“the banks of the Euphrates”；在地图、历史和地理描述中尤其常见。作为河流专名，通常说“the Euphrates”，但完整名称“the Euphrates River”也很自然。不要把它和 Tigris 混用：两者是不同的河流，虽常在同一语境中出现。

Many ancient cities grew along the Euphrates.

许多古代城市沿幼发拉底河发展起来。

The Euphrates flows through parts of Turkey, Syria, and Iraq.

幼发拉底河流经土耳其、叙利亚和伊拉克的部分地区。

📘 英文释义 (WordNet) 共 1 组

a river in southwestern Asia; flows into the Persian Gulf; was important in the development of several great civilizations in ancient Mesopotamia

同义词集: euphrates euphrates river

🌳 词源

经拉丁语和古希腊语等语言传入英语，词源可追溯到更早的两河流域语言；更早的词源解释尚有不确定性。

From Latin Euphrātēs, from Ancient Greek Εὐφράτης (Euphrátēs), from Old Persian 𐎢𐎳𐎼𐎠𐎬𐎢 (u-f-r-a-tu-u /⁠ʰUfrātuš⁠/), from Akkadian 𒀀𒇉𒌓𒄒𒉣 (^(ÍD)Purattu), from Sumerian 𒀀𒇉𒌓𒄒𒉣 (^(ÍD)Buranun) (compare Elamite 𒌑𒅁𒊏𒌅𒅖 (ú-ip-ra-du-iš), Classical Syriac ܦܪܬ (P(ə)rāṯ)). The Elamite, Akkadian, and possibly Sumerian forms are either from an unrecorded substrate language, or from Proto-Sumerian *𒁍𒍏 burudu "copper" (Sumerian 𒍏 (urudu)) with an explanation that Euphrates was the river by which the copper ore was transported in rafts, since Mesopotamia was the center of copper metallurgy at the period.

🔄 变式

the Euphrates canonical

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