grotto

英 ['gr?t??] 美['ɡrɑto]

GRE暢通詞匯

復(fù)數(shù):?grottoes;?grottos;

1. crypt => grotto.
2. Grotto and crypt are ultimately the same word.

grotto 石窟，洞穴

詞源同crypt, 隱藏。

grotto: grotto: [17] Grotto and crypt are ultimately the same word. The source of both was Greek krúptē, originally ‘hidden place’, hence ‘vault’. English acquired crypt directly from krúptē’s Latin descendant, crypta, but grotto came via a more circuitous route. Crypta became *crupta or *grupta in Vulgar Latin, and this produced Italian grotta, later grotto. French borrowed it as grotte, and the earliest English form, the now obsolete grot [16], came from French, but in the 17th century the Italian version of the word established itself.
=> crypt, grotesque
grotto (n.): "picturesque cavern or cave," 1610s, from Italian grotta, earlier cropta, a corruption of Latin crypta "vault, cavern," from Greek krypte "hidden place" (see crypt). Terminal -o may be from its being spelled that way in many translations of Dante's "Divine Comedy."

1. We reached a beautiful grotto , whose entrance was almost hiden by the vine.: 我們到達(dá)了一個(gè)美麗的洞穴, 洞的進(jìn)口幾乎被藤蔓遮掩著.

3. The people of hope to visiting grotto come from Africa.: 希望參觀(guān)巖洞的人們來(lái)自非洲.

4. He smiled, and introduced them instantly into this " grotto. ": 他微微笑了一下, 立刻引她們到 “ 石洞 ” 去.

5. At last, after renewed hesitation, Dant è s entered the second grotto.: 終于, 在略微遲疑了一下以后, 唐太斯進(jìn)入了第二個(gè)洞窟.