errand

英 ['er(?)nd] 美['?r?nd]

GRE低頻詞擴展詞匯CET6+TEM4IELTSCET6

復數:?errands;

1. 諧音“愛ran( run的過去式 )的”---愛跑的。

errand 差使

來自PIE*ei, 走，離開。其現在分詞ion, 過去分詞it, 詞源同exit, itinerary, 該詞來自其拉丁語現在主動不完全格ire.

errand: errand: [OE] Despite the passing similarity, errand has no etymological connection with err and error. It comes from a prehistoric Germanic *?rundjam, which meant ‘message’ – a sense which in fact survived in English until as recently as the 18th century (Miles Coverdale, for example, in his 1535 translation of 1 Samuel 11:5 wrote ‘So they told him the errand of the men of Jabesh’ – where the Authorized Version has ‘tidings’).

The main modern meaning, ‘task one goes to perform’, developed in the 13th century (in American English it has latterly gained specific connotations of ‘shopping’). The source of the Germanic word is not known, but it is no doubt related to Swedish ?rende and Danish ?rinde ‘errand, message, business’.
errand (n.): Old English ?rende "message, mission; answer, news, tidings," a common Germanic word (cognates: Old Saxon arundi, Old Norse erendi, Danish ?rende, Swedish ?rende, Old Frisian erende, Old High German arunti "message"), which is of uncertain origin. Compare Old English ar "messenger, servant, herald." Originally of important missions; meaning "short, simple journey and task" is attested by 1640s. Related: Errands. In Old English, ?rendgast was "angel," ?rendraca was "ambassador."

3. Unable to get about, she sent Joy on one errand after another.: 她自己動不了窩,便派小福子一趟八趟的去買東西.