时间:2019-01-08 作者:英语课 分类:英美文化


英语课

 September是九月


  为什么Septwolves是七匹狼
  而不是九匹狼?
  October是十月
  为什么Octopus是八爪鱼(章鱼)
  而不是十爪鱼?
  December是十二月
  为什么decade是十年
  而不是十二年?
  这是因为,在古罗马历中,一年只有十个月,也即有以下的对应关系:
古罗马历 
公历 
× 
January 
× 
February 
一月 
March 
二月 
April 
三月 
May 
四月 
June 
五月 
July 
六月 
August 
七月 
September 
八月 
October 
九月 
November 
十月 
December 
详情请参考以下资料:
September (from Latin septem, "seven") or mensis September was originally the seventh of ten months on the ancient Roman calendar that began with March (mensis Martius, "Mars' month"). It had 29 days. After the reforms that resulted in a 12-month year, September became the ninth month, but retained its name.
(来源:Wikipedia)
也就是说,公历中月份的英语说法其实跟古罗马历相关,于是:
September其实是七月 
所以词根sept-是“七” 
Septwolves是七匹狼 
October其实是八月 
所以词根octo-是“八” 
octopus是八爪鱼 
December其实是十月 
所以词根dec-是“十” 
decade是十年 
decimeter是分米(十分之一米)

标签: 九月
学英语单词
acroamatic
Amino-phylline
anon
atramental
back waters
batch sedimentation settling test
bluisher
bound labour
bourbince (la bourbince riviere)
breaking down shovel
buna 32
cancellation of a contract
capital loan
carburetor adapter
chiaroseuro
come in for
creashy peat
cyanophores
d flip-flop
Daletī
delightedness
deniggerizes
Dennison early waterproof case
diastereoisomeride
diction
discouraged workers
drill stem
Faded Giants
fluorscopy
Fraenitzel accentuated
FRCM
fruit salts
gloeosporium laeticolor berkeley
glycerita
grain storage equipment
greenlighting
Groenendijk
guardian's allowance
guardies
hot-strip reels
hydrocarbon wax
hymenitis
in letter and in spirit
inoculator
Kefamenanu
Lampkin oscillator
logical file space
Macaca rhesus
magnesium lactophosphate
major node
Manila Bay, Battle of
mediterranea
meta-ankoleite
modern services
montets
number of track-lines
officeseekers
Orava
parapercis pulchella
pectoral qi
pelvicachromiss
phase-detecting
pinion rear bearing
pjc
plames
plumule sheath
potassium-ion density dolorimeter
prawn crackers
principle of proximity
prolatation
proximal stimulus
pugets
Qatari
quadratic group
rbm downscale alarm
recontesting
right-angularly
rival business firms
self-balancing strain gauge
self-worth
set sames
singer-songwriter
spend itself
spogolite
storage area management
sub-coating
sucking blood
superb lily
synaxarion
Sölden
tawdries
tholeiitic series
tower of winds
tractor protection valve
trows
uricoteliC metabolism
water-curing
willerbies
with half a heart
yants
Yelshanka