lather

英 ['lɑ?e?; 'l?e?] 美['l?e?]

暢通詞匯

復(fù)數(shù):?lathers;第三人稱(chēng)單數(shù):?lathers;過(guò)去式:?lathered;過(guò)去分詞:?lathered;現(xiàn)在分詞:?lathering;

lather 涂肥皂，肥皂泡。

來(lái)自PIE*leu,沖洗，詞源同lava,lavatory,-ther,工具格后綴。引申詞義用肥皂清洗，肥皂泡。

lather: lather: [OE] Indo-European *lou- denoted ‘wash’ (from it English gets laundry, lavatory, lotion, etc). Addition of the suffix *-tro- produced *loutrom, which passed via Germanic *lauthram into English as lather. In Old English this is only recorded as meaning ‘washing soda’, and the modern sense ‘soap bubbles’ does not emerge until the late 16th century.
=> ablution, laundry, lavatory, lotion
lather (n.): Old English lautr "foam, washing soda," from Proto-Germanic *lauthran (cognates: Old Norse lauer "washing soap, foam"), from PIE *loutro- (cognates: Gaulish lautron, Old Irish loathar "bathing tub," Greek louein "to bathe," Latin lavere "to wash"), which is from root *leu(e)- "to wash" + instrumentative suffix *-tro-. The modern noun might be a 16c. redevelopment from the verb. Meaning "violent perspiration" (especially of horses) is from 1650s. Meaning "state of agitation" (such as induces sweating) is from 1839.
lather (v.): Old English latran, from Proto-Germanic *lauthrjan (source also of Old Norse leyera "to clean, wash;" see lather (n.)). Related: Lathered; lathering.

2. For super-soft skin, lather on a light body lotion before you bathe.: 皮膚極柔嫩者，可在沐浴前涂上溫和的護(hù)膚露。

4. "I'm not going to get into a lather over this defeat," said the manager.: “我不會(huì)因?yàn)檫@次失敗而不快，”經(jīng)理說(shuō)道。

5. You have spent the past six months working yourself up into a lather over situations which are really none of your business.: 過(guò)去半年你一直在為壓根兒和你無(wú)關(guān)的事情心急上火。