fem. proper name, Latin, from Greek Khloe, literally "young green shoot;" related to khloros "greenish-yellow," from PIE *ghlo- variant of root *ghel- (2) "to shine," with derivatives referring to bright materials and gold, and bile or gall (such as Latin helvus "yellowish, bay," Gallo-Latin gilvus "light bay;" Lithuanian geltonas "yellow;" Old Church Slavonic zlutu, Polish ?ó?ty, Russian zeltyj "yellow;" Sanskrit harih "yellow, tawny yellow," hiranyam "gold;" Avestan zari "yellow") and "green" (such as Latin galbus "greenish-yellow;" Greek khloros "greenish-yellow color," kholos "bile;" Lithuanian zalias "green," zelvas "greenish;" Old Church Slavonic zelenu, Polish zielony, Russian zelenyj "green;" Old Irish glass, Welsh and Breton glas "green," also "gray, blue").
Buck says the interchange of words for yellow and green is "perhaps because they were applied to vegetation like grass, cereals, etc., which changed from green to yellow." It is possible that this whole group of yellow-green words is related to PIE root *ghlei- "to shine, glitter, glow, be warm" (see gleam (n.)).
雙語例句
1. Chloe is my reason for living.
克洛艾是我活著的理由。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Chloe has behaved abominably.
克洛艾行為惡劣。
來自柯林斯例句
3. Chloe and Givenchy too, incorporated superfine lace pieces into blouses, dresses and accessories.
Chloe和紀(jì)梵希(Givenchy)在上衣 、 裙子和配飾中均用上了特級蕾絲.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
4. Chloe takes up the story.
克洛伊接著講.
來自超越目標(biāo)英語 第5冊
5. Aunt Chloe set a chair for her in a manner decidedly gruff and crusty.