hazel

来自古英语haesl,来自PIE*koselo,榛树，榛子。

hazel

hazel: [OE] Hazel is a very ancient tree-name. It can be traced right back to Indo-European *kosolos or *koselos, which also produced French coudrier and Welsh collen. Its Germanic descendant was *khasalaz, from which come German hasel, Dutch hazel-, and Swedish and Danish hassel as well as English hazel. The earliest known use of the word to describe the colour of eyes comes in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet 1592: ‘Thou wilt quarrel with a man for cracking nuts, having no other reason, but thou hast hazel eyes’.

hazel (n.)

Old English hæsl, hæsel, from Proto-Germanic *hasalaz (cognates: Old Norse hasl, Middle Dutch hasel, German hasel), from PIE *koselo- "hazel" (cognates: Latin corulus, Old Irish coll "hazel"). Shakespeare ("Romeo and Juliet," 1592) was first to use it (in print) in the sense of "reddish-brown color of eyes" (in reference to the color of ripe hazel-nuts), when Mercutio accuses Benvolio:

Thou wilt quarrell with a man for cracking Nuts, hauing no reason, but because thou hast hasell eyes.

1. She has hazel eyes.

她有一双淡褐色的眼睛.

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2. They were standing in the shade of hazel bushes.

他们便站在浓荫的榛树下.

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3. The Country Mouse was sitting under a hazel thicket plucking nuts.

乡鼠正坐在榛树丛下摘硬果.

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4. It's not fair Hazel always takes Edward's part whether he's right or wrong.

黑兹尔不管爱德华是否正确总是站在他一边,这不公正.

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5. The desks were littered with catkins, hazel and willow, which the pupils had been sketching.

学生的课桌上散乱地放着正在临摹的柔美花 、 榛子和扬柳.

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