ford

英 [fɔːd] 美[fɔrd]

TEM4TOEFLCET6+GRE低频词常用词汇

复数: fords;第三人称单数: fords;过去式: forded;过去分词: forded;现在分词: fording;

1. Oxford => ford.
2. Ford (福特汽车) => ford: 汽车涉水而过。

ford 浅滩

来自PIE*per, 向前，穿过，词源同far, forth. 用来指浅滩。

ford: ford: [OE] Ford is an ancient word, whose origins can be traced back as far as prehistoric Indo- European *prtús, a derivative of *por- ‘going, passage’, which also produced English fare and ferry. Descendants of *prtús include Latin portus ‘harbour’ (source of English port), Welsh rhyd ‘ford’, West Germanic *furduz (whence German furt ‘ford’ and English ford) and North Germanic *ferthuz (source of English fiord or fjord [17] and firth [15]).
=> fare, ferry, fiord, firth, fjord, ford, port
ford (v.): "to cross a body of water by walking on the bottom," 1610s, from ford (n.). Related: Forded; fording.
ford (n.): Old English ford "shallow place where water can be crossed," from Proto-Germanic *furduz (cognates: Old Frisian forda, Old High German furt, German Furt "ford"), from PIE *prtu- "a going, a passage" (cognates: Latin portus "harbor," originally "entrance, passage;" Old Welsh rit, Welsh rhyd "ford;" Old English faran "to go;" see port (n.1)). The line of automobiles (company founded 1903) is named for U.S. manufacturer Henry Ford (1863-1947).

1. Working with Ford closely, I fell in love with the cinema.: 与福特的密切合作开始令我爱上了电影。

2. Ford never desisted from trying to persuade him to return to America.: 福特从未停止过劝说他返回美国。

3. Ford had the bright idea of paying workers enough to buy cars.: 福特公司想出了一绝妙的主意：付给工人足够的薪水去购买汽车。

4. Even Ford, who seldom smiled, laughed out loud a few times.: 即使是很少笑的福特，有几次也笑出声来。

5. Several manufacturers are also nibbling away at Ford's traditional customer base.: 几家制造商也在蚕食福特公司的传统客户群。