browse

英 [braʊz] 美[braʊz]

近义词feed graze

CET4TEM4IELTSGRE考研低频词核心词汇

第三人称单数: browses;过去式: browsed;过去分词: browsed;现在分词: browsing;

browse 浏览，牛羊吃草

来自PIE *bhreus, 膨胀，生长。词源同breast, 胸部。指长出来的嫩芽，蓓蕾，后引申为牛羊吃草，浏览。

browse: browse: [16] Although the noun has now largely died out, browse was originally both a verb and a noun, and appears to come from Old French broust, brost ‘young shoots, twigs’ (hence the verb meant originally ‘feed on such shoots’). The source of the French word is not clear, but it is probably ultimately Germanic; a certain similarity in form and meaning has suggested a connection with the Old Saxon verb brustian ‘bud’ which, if it were so, would mean that browse is related to breast. The modern figurative sense, applied to shops, libraries, etc seems to be 19th-century.
browse (v.): mid-15c., "feed on buds," from Middle French brouster, from Old French broster "to sprout, bud," from brost "young shoot, twig," probably from Proto-Germanic *brust- "bud, shoot," from PIE *bhreus- "to swell, sprout" (see breast (n.)). Lost its final -t in English on the mistaken notion that the letter was a past participle inflection. Figurative extension to "peruse" (books) is 1870s, American English. Related: Browsed; browsing.

1. Slow music encourages supermarket-shoppers to browse longer but spend more.: 舒缓的音乐会促使超市购物者花更长的时间浏览商品的同时花更多的钱。