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符號

ell

  1. (國際標準) ISO 639-2/T & ISO 639-3 語言代碼,表示希臘語

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詞源1

繼承中古英語 elleelne繼承古英語 eln (从肘部到中指尖端的前臂长度;计量单位)繼承原始西日耳曼語 *alinu繼承原始日耳曼語 *alinō繼承原始印歐語 *Heh₃l-én-eh₂,源自 *Heh₃l- (肘部,前臂)

同源詞包括荷蘭語 el (厄爾)德國低地德語 Ell (厄爾)德語 Elle (厄爾)瑞典語 aln (厄爾;肘尺)冰島語 alin (厄爾;肘尺)拉丁語 ulna (前臂)

名詞

ell (複數 ells)

  1. (歷史) 厄爾,歷史上的長度單位。英格蘭制厄爾為1.25(45英寸或114公分),蘇格蘭制厄爾為大約37寸(94公分),佛拉芒制厄爾為0.25碼(27寸或69公分),有些歐洲地方的厄爾不足50公分
    • 1791Erasmus DarwinThe Economy of Vegetation,J. Johnson,頁 51:
      At certain times in the ice-mountains of Switzerland there happen cracks which have shewn the great thickness of the ice, as some of these cracks have measured three or four hundred ells deep.
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    • 1841Charles Dickens,章號 XXX, in Barnaby Rudge:
      A homely proverb recognises the existence of a troublesome class of persons who, having an inch conceded them, will take an ell.
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    • 1850Thomas KeightleyThe Fairy Mythology,London: H.G. Bohn,頁 19:
      Berkhyas is described as being a mountain in size, his face black, his body covered with hair, his neck like that of a dragon, two boar's tusks from his mouth, his eyes wells of blood, his hair bristling like needles, his height 140 ells, his breadth 17, pigeons nestling in his snaky locks.
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    • 1910Henry JamesThe Finer Grain:
      If he had imputed to them conditions it was all his own doing: it came from his inveterate habit of abysmal imputation, the snatching of the ell wherever the inch peeped out, without which where would have been the tolerability of life?
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派生詞彙
  • give them an inch and they'll take an ell

詞源2

源自字母 L 的名稱。

名詞

ell (複數 ells)

  1. 拉丁字母 L/l 的名稱。(更常稱作 el
    • 2004,Will Rogers,The Stonking Steps,頁 170:
      I have drunk en-ee-cee-tee-ay-ar from the ef-ell-oh-doubleyou-ee-ar-ess in his gee-ay-ar-dee-ee-en many a time.
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  2. 通常与建筑物一端成直角的延伸部分
    • 1931H. P. Lovecraft,章號 4, in The Whisperer in Darkness:
      I could hear them snapping and tearing around, and then one managed to get on the roof by jumping from the low ell.
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  3. L形的事物
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其他形式
派生詞彙
  • effell

異序詞

  • LEL, lel

加泰羅尼亞語

詞源

繼承拉丁語 ille。首次記錄於14世紀[1]

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代詞

ell n (屬格單數 ell ells,主格複數 ell)

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