单词辨析 | wrath,wreath

本次我们来辨别2个单词,它们分别是:

  • wrath
  • wreath

第1个单词:wrath

美音:/ræθ/,英音:/rɒθ/
含义:n. 愤怒,盛怒
网络含义:愤怒

英文短含义:Wrath is great anger that expresses itself in a desire to punish someone: Noah saw the flood as a sign of the wrath of God./

忿怒是一种强烈的愤怒,表现在想要惩罚某人:挪亚将洪水视为上帝愤怒的征兆。

英文长含义:Wrath is also used figuratively of things that behave in a violent way: Earthquakes are the wrath of the sea. This noun and the corresponding adjective wrathful are in literary use but are formal or old-fashioned words, that crop up in fantasy fiction or movies set in prehistoric times.

愤怒也被用来比喻以暴力方式行事的事物:地震是大海的愤怒。这个名词和相应的形容词 wrathful 在文学中使用,但却是正式或老式的词,出现在以史前时代为背景的奇幻小说或电影中。

例句1:God in His wrath struck down with fire the perpetrators of lesser crimes!
上帝在他的愤怒中用火烧毁了轻罪的肇事者!
– from The Autobiography of Malcolm X

例句2:Even Republicans who had seen in the weather Divine wrath at a Democratic victory began to have fun.
即使是在天气中看到民主党胜利时的神圣愤怒的共和党人也开始玩得开心。
– from Travels with Charley in Search of America

例句3:Pippin trembled, fearing that Gandalf would be stung to sudden wrath, but his fear was needless.
皮平浑身发抖,担心甘道夫会突然发怒,但他的恐惧是不必要的。
– from The Return of the King

第2个单词:wreath

美音:/riːθ/,英音:/riːθ/
含义:n. 花环,花冠,花圈;环状物,圈状物;(烟、云等的)环,圈;(纹章)饰环
网络含义:花环

英文短含义:Got a wreath on your front door? That’s one of those ring-shaped bands of flowers or foliage that people use for decoration. Wreaths go back to ancient times and maybe the circular shape symbolizes the eternal./

你的前门有花环吗?那是人们用来装饰的那些环形花带或叶带之一。花圈可以追溯到远古时代,也许圆形象征着永恒。

英文长含义:You can also wear a wreath. If you feel like dancing around the maypole or celebrating your Olympic victory, you might wear a wreath of spring flowers or laurels on your head. You might also want to remember someone who’s passed away by placing a wreath on their grave. Wreaths don’t have to be green — you can carve gold or wood into a wreath or you can even have a mountain peak with a wreath of clouds around it.

你也可以戴花环。如果您想围着五朔节花柱跳舞或庆祝您的奥运胜利,您可能会在头上戴上春天的花朵或月桂花环。您可能还想通过在坟墓上献上花圈来纪念已故的人。花圈不一定是绿色的——你可以用金子或木头雕刻成花圈,或者你甚至可以有一个山峰,周围环绕着云朵。

例句1:I look up at the ceiling, tracing the foliage of the wreath.
我抬头看着天花板,描绘着花环的枝叶。
– from The Handmaid’s Tale

例句2:‘How many laurel wreaths have you got? Because I’m gonna win them all.’
“你有多少个月桂花环?因为我会赢得所有人。
– from Blood of Olympus

例句3:Onions were made into long ropes, braided together by their tops, and then were hung in the attic beside wreaths of red peppers strung on threads.
洋葱被做成长绳,用顶端编成辫子,然后挂在阁楼上,旁边是用线串成的红辣椒花环。
– from Little House in the Big Woods


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