- 1嫉妒、忌妒；感情上怕被搶走，台灣也說吃醋
Jealousy is the feeling you have when you are jealous. It can be the hurt, angry fear that someone might take a person you love. It can also be the feeling that someone else has a prize, a thing, or a life you want. English teachers sometimes split jealousy (fear of losing what is yours) from envy (wanting what is theirs), and that split can help — though actually in real talk people mix the two words all the time. Jealousy is the noun; the adjective is jealous. It can sound heavy and serious, or lighter in a bit of jealousy between friends. It is a feeling word, not a person: you feel jealousy, or you are jealous.
From the word’s history
From Middle English jalousie, from Old French jalousie; jealous + -y. Related to zeal.
源自古法文 jalousie，即 jealous 加 -y；和 zeal 有關。
組成From Middle English jalousie, from Old French jalousie, equal to jealous + -y. It is a doublet of jalousie. Related also to zeal and zealous. It took the place of Old English æfest and nīþ.
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，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。
jealousynoun/ˈd͡ʒɛl.ə.si/
- 1
A state of being jealous; a jealous attitude.
- Jealousy was, however, aroused among the English nobility at the favouritism shown the Dutch newcomer.
- […]the jealousy of his foes of each other's share in the booty[…].
- 2
archaicA state of being jealous; a jealous attitude.
- For euer I supoosed that he had ben to yonge and to tendyr to take vpon hym these aduentures / And therfore by my wille I wold haue dryuen hym aweye for Ialousy that I had of his lyf / for it maye be no yong knyghtes dede that shal enchyeue this aduenture to the ende
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