喜樂美語

From the word’s history

From Middle English ruyne, from Old French ruine, from Latin ruīna, from ruō 'to fall down'.

源自古法文 ruine，來自拉丁文 ruīna，出自 ruō「倒塌」。

Wiktionary

One picture runs through all of ruin: something good gets broken down so badly it can't be put back — a building collapses into , a life or a fortune falls apart. The verb is the act of breaking it; the noun is either the wreck left behind or the state of being wrecked.

ruin 從頭到尾都是同一個畫面：一樣本來好好的東西被「弄垮」、壞到接不回來——建物塌成一堆瓦礫，一個人的人生或財產一下子崩掉。可以想成動詞是「把它弄垮」這個動作，名詞則是垮掉之後剩下的殘骸、或是「被弄垮」這個狀態。

登入就可以看每一支怎麼連回核心畫面。

同家族的字

v ruined ruined ruining ruins

n ruins

原始詞典資料17 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。

ruinnoun/ˈɹuː.ɪn/

  • 1

    The remains of a destroyed or dilapidated construction, such as a house or castle.

    • The Veian and the Gabian towirs shall fall, / And one promiscuous ruin cover all; / Nor, after length of years, a stone betray / The place where once the very ruins lay.
    • The labour of a day will not build up a virtuous habit on the ruins of an old and vicious character.
  • 2

    The state of being a ruin, destroyed or decayed.

    • The monastery has fallen into ruin.
  • 3

    Something that leads to serious trouble or destruction.

    • Gambling has been the ruin of many.
    • The errors of young men are the ruin of business.
  • 4

    The act of ruining something.

  • 5

    obsoleteA fall or tumble.

    • His ruin startled th’ other steeds.
  • 6

    A change that destroys or defeats something; destruction; overthrow.

    • the ruin of a ship or an army
    • the ruin of a constitution or a government
  • 7

    Complete financial loss; bankruptcy.

ruinverb/ˈɹuː.ɪn/

  • 1

    To cause the fiscal ruin of; to bankrupt or drive out of business.

    • With all these purchases, you surely mean to ruin us!
    • In one way, indeed, he bade fair to ruin us; for he kept on staying week after week, and at last month after month, so that all the money had been long exhausted...
  • 2

    To destroy or render something no longer usable or operable.

    • He ruined his new white slacks by accidentally spilling oil on them.
  • 3

    To destroy (e.g. a city) so as to leave ruins.

    • By the fireside there are old men seated, / Seeing ruined cities in the ashes.
  • 4

    To upset or overturn the plans or progress of, or to have a disastrous effect on something.

    • My car breaking down just as I was on the road ruined my vacation.
  • 5

    To make something less enjoyable or likeable.

    • I used to love that song, but being assaulted when that song was playing ruined the song for me.
  • 6

    BDSMlifestylesexualityTo make (someone) have a ruined orgasm.

  • 7

    To reveal the ending of (a story); to spoil.

  • 8

    obsoleteTo fall into a state of decay.

    • Though he his house of polisht marble build, / Yet shall it ruine like the Moth's fraile cell
另外 1 個記錄的用法
  • 9

    historicalTo seduce or debauch, and thus harm the social standing of.

    • The young libertine was notorious for ruining local girls.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

  • ruined orgasm

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