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From the word’s history

From Middle English celer, from Old French celier, from Late Latin cellārium, from Latin cella.

源自古法文 celier，來自晚期拉丁文 cellārium。

Wiktionary

The cool dark room under a house where things are kept. Go down the steps, and it is quiet, cold, and out of the sun — the right place to store what should not be moved or warmed.

「屋子底下那間又涼又暗的房間」。走下樓梯，沒有窗、曬不到太陽、溫度一年到頭差不多——正因為這樣，它天生就是拿來「存放」的地方：煤炭、馬鈴薯、舊箱子，還有最出名的酒。這個字有意思的地方是，它後來從「那個空間」滑到了「放在那個空間裡的東西」，尤其是酒；所以聽到 cellar 時要先聽出對方講的是房間，還是收藏。

登入就可以看每一支怎麼連回核心畫面。

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原始詞典資料6 筆記錄

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cellarnoun詞源 1/ˈsɛlə/

  • 1

    An enclosed underground space, often under a building, used for storage or shelter.

    • The farmhouse has several additions, added over many decades; it has three cellars, and one of them is older than the other two.
  • 2

    A wine collection, especially when stored in a cellar.

    • The insurance company valued his cellar at $27,000, largely on the strength of his bottles of 1972 Château Hypothetica.
  • 3

    slangLast place in a league or competition; some rank near last place.

    • The Tigers have been in the cellar all year long, and I'm tired of it.
  • 4

    A basement.

    • Most of my tools and hardware are in the garage, but I keep some tools in the cellar, too, mainly for convenience.

cellarverb詞源 1/ˈsɛlə/

  • 1

    To store (something, especially food or wine) in a cellar.

    • Mr. VandenBerghe says he’s cellared such memorable bottles as the Batch 1 Adam from Hair of the Dog, a 14-year-old ale from Portland, Ore., that’s 10 percent alcohol, and the Trappistes Rochefort 10, a Quadrupel Belgian ale that peaks around age 10.

cellarnoun詞源 2/ˈsɛlə/

  • 1

    salt cellar

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