shield

英 [?i?ld] 美[?ild]

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復數:?shields;第三人稱單數:?shields;過去式:?shielded;過去分詞:?shielded;現在分詞:?shielding;

shield 盾牌，保護，屏障

來自中古英語 shelde,來自古英語 scield,盾，防御物，板，來自 Proto-Germanic*skelduz,分開，來自 PIE*skel,分開，詞源同 scale,shell.原指簡易的木頭板，引申詞義盾。

shield: shield: [OE] Shield goes back to a prehistoric Germanic *skelduz, which also produced German and Dutch schild, Swedish sk?ld, and Danish skjoldr. This was probably derived from the Germanic base *skel- ‘divide, split, separate’ (source also of English scale, shell, etc), and hence denoted etymologically a ‘flat piece of wood produced by splitting a log, board’. Shelter is probably descended from a compound formed from shield.
=> scale, shell, shelter
shield (n.): Old English scield, scild "shield; protector, defense," literally "board," from Proto-Germanic *skelduz (cognates: Old Norse skj?ldr, Old Saxon skild, Middle Dutch scilt, Dutch schild, German Schild, Gothic skildus), from *skel- "divide, split, separate," from PIE root *(s)kel- (1) "to cut" (see scale (n.1)). Perhaps the notion is of a flat piece of wood made by splitting a log. Shield volcano (1911) translates German Schildvulkan (1910). Plate tectonics sense is from 1906, translating Suess (1888).
shield (v.): Old English gescildan, from the root of shield (n.). Related: Shielded; shielding. Compare German scilden.

1. He used his left hand as a shield against the reflecting sunlight.: 他用左手擋住反射過來的陽光。

3. The knight carried a shield with a cross painted thereupon.: 騎士拿著繪著十字的盾牌.

4. She intended to shield the child from the bad information.: 她打算不讓這個孩子知道這個壞消息.