核心畫面
One way to hold it: the came first. Broom is a bush with masses of small yellow flowers and long straight twigs — and because people used to tie bundles of those twigs to a stick to sweep the floor, the tool ended up carrying the plant's name. So the two senses are one word, not two.
可以想成先有那叢灌木:broom 是開滿黃色小花、枝條又長又直的植物。以前的人把這種枝條紮成一束綁在棍子上掃地,工具…更多收起
可以想成先有那叢灌木:broom 是開滿黃色小花、枝條又長又直的植物。以前的人把這種枝條紮成一束綁在棍子上掃地,工具就這樣接收了植物的名字。所以「掃帚」和「金雀花」不是兩個碰巧同形的字,而是同一個字的前後兩段。From the word’s history
Broom is from Old English brom, the shrub, from Proto-Germanic *braemaz "thorny bush" (PIE root *bh(e)rem- "to project; a point"). The sweeping sense appears in the mid-14c., from "twigs of broom tied to a handle to make a tool for sweeping" — the tool named after the material.
broom 來自古英語 brom,原本就是那種灌木,源自原始日耳曼語 *bræmaz「多刺的灌木」。到了十四世紀中葉才出現「掃帚」的意思——因為當時把 broom 的枝條紮起來綁在把手上就成了掃地的工具,工具是照材料命名的。
Etymonline (etymonline.com/word/broom)
原始詞典資料19 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Broomname
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A number of places in England:
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A number of places in England:
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A number of places in England:
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A number of places in England:
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A number of places in England:
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A suburb of Newton Mearns, East Renfrewshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS5556).
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A hamlet in Kilgetty/Begelly community, Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SN1108).
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A surname.
broomnoun詞源 1/bɹuːm/
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A domestic utensil with fibers bound together at the end of a long handle, used for sweeping.
- Meronyms: broomstick (handle), bavin (head)
- 'Smuggling was a way of life here, with no stigma attached,' David explained. His own granny used to smuggle out rabbit meat, tied to her body, and bring back such coveted Italian goods as chocolate, coffee and brooms. 'Brooms?' I asked him in disbelief. 'Yes, ordinary sorghum brooms, which were in short supply in Communist Yugoslavia, like many other basic household goods,' he said with a smile.
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ball-gamescurlinggamesAn implement with which players sweep the ice to make a stone travel further and curl less; a sweeper.
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Any of several yellow-flowered shrubs of the family Fabaceae, with long, stiff, thin branches and small or few leaves used for the domestic utensil.
- At the same time, the encroachment of vegetation proceeds apace, and broom and brambles have already made portions of the line impassable, even on foot.
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Any of several yellow-flowered shrubs of the family Fabaceae, with long, stiff, thin branches and small or few leaves used for the domestic utensil.
- […] and thy broom groves, Whose shadow the dismissed bachelor loves, Being lass-lorn […]
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Any of several yellow-flowered shrubs of the family Fabaceae, with long, stiff, thin branches and small or few leaves used for the domestic utensil.
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rareslangA firearm; especially, a shotgun.
- So keep talking all that fly shit, and I’ma grab the tool And the lead will get stuck in your head like a catchy tune Soon as I look down on a target, bitch, your ass is doomed Trust exercise with Ahdi, arms out to catch a boom You see this sweeper I got, it ain’t your average broom This ring will wet this bitch like a happy groom
- I just got the drop, there is an opp OFB step with the broom
broomverb詞源 1/bɹuːm/
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To sweep with a broom.
- […] Sidi, I was busy in the exercise of my functions, occupied in brooming the front of the stables, when who should come but Hhamed Ould Denéï on horseback, at full gallop, as if he were going to break his neck. […]
- It was but this morning at eight, when poor Molly, was brooming the steps, and the baker paying her by no means unmerited compliments, that my landlady came whirling out of the ground-floor front, and sent the poor girl whimpering into the kitchen.
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businessconstructionmanufacturingTo improve the embedding of a membrane by using a broom or squeegee to smooth it out and ensure contact with the adhesive under the membrane.
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To get rid of someone, like firing an employee or breaking up with a girlfriend, to sweep another out of one's life.
- April 2002 Willem Dafoe as Norman Osborn, speaking to his son Harry, in the film "Spider-Man" A word to the "not-so-wise" about your girlfriend. Do what you need to with her, then broom her fast.
- let the employee leave on his own, or the boss must broom him. If you hire, or inherit, able people, and you groom them, you won't have to broom them. Groom, broom, and watch your company zoom.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。