collar

英 ['kɒlə] 美['kɑlɚ]

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复数: collars;第三人称单数: collars;过去式: collared;现在分词: collaring;

collar 领口

来自PIE*kwel, 转，词源同cycle, pole.

collar: collar: [13] Etymologically, a collar is simply something worn round one’s ‘neck’. The word comes via Anglo-Norman coler from Latin collāre, which meant ‘necklace’ as well as ‘part of a garment that encircles the neck’ (both senses have come through into English, although the latter has predominated). Collāre was a derivative of collum ‘neck’, which came from an earlier base *kols- that also produced German and Swedish hals ‘neck’.

It has been speculated that it goes back ultimately to Indo-European *qwelo- ‘go round’, the root from which we get English wheel – the underlying notion being that the neck is that on which the head turns.
=> décolleté, hauberk, wheel
collar (n.): c. 1300, "neck armor, gorget," from Old French coler "neck, collar" (12c., Modern French collier), from Latin collare "necklace, band or chain for the neck," from collum "the neck," from PIE *kwol-o- "neck" (cognates: Old Norse and Middle Dutch hals "neck"), literally "that on which the head turns," from root *kwel- (1) "move round, turn about" (see cycle (n.)). Late 14c. as "border at the neck of a garment."
collar (v.): 1550s, "to grab (someone) by the collar or neck," from collar (n.). Meaning "to capture" is attested from 1610s. Related: Collared; collaring. As a past participle adjective, collared "wearing a collar" is from late 14c.

1. Mike kept snatching him up by the collar and jerking him up.: 迈克一直揪着他的领子把他往上猛举。

2. I stepped outside and pulled up my collar against the cold mist.: 我走出门，竖起衣领抵御冷雾。

4. The collar was embroidered with very small red strawberries.: 衣领上绣着非常小的红色草莓。

5. He buttoned his collar tightly round his thick neck.: 他把衣领的扣子扣上，紧紧地裹住了他的粗脖子。