ford

英 [f??d] 美[f?rd]

TEM4TOEFLCET6+GRE低頻詞常用詞匯

復數:?fords;第三人稱單數:?fords;過去式:?forded;過去分詞:?forded;現在分詞:?fording;

1. Oxford => ford.
2. Ford (福特汽車) => ford: 汽車涉水而過。

ford 淺灘

來自PIE*per, 向前，穿過，詞源同far, forth. 用來指淺灘。

ford: ford: [OE] Ford is an ancient word, whose origins can be traced back as far as prehistoric Indo- European *prtús, a derivative of *por- ‘going, passage’, which also produced English fare and ferry. Descendants of *prtús include Latin portus ‘harbour’ (source of English port), Welsh rhyd ‘ford’, West Germanic *furduz (whence German furt ‘ford’ and English ford) and North Germanic *ferthuz (source of English fiord or fjord [17] and firth [15]).
=> fare, ferry, fiord, firth, fjord, ford, port
ford (v.): "to cross a body of water by walking on the bottom," 1610s, from ford (n.). Related: Forded; fording.
ford (n.): Old English ford "shallow place where water can be crossed," from Proto-Germanic *furduz (cognates: Old Frisian forda, Old High German furt, German Furt "ford"), from PIE *prtu- "a going, a passage" (cognates: Latin portus "harbor," originally "entrance, passage;" Old Welsh rit, Welsh rhyd "ford;" Old English faran "to go;" see port (n.1)). The line of automobiles (company founded 1903) is named for U.S. manufacturer Henry Ford (1863-1947).

1. Working with Ford closely, I fell in love with the cinema.: 與福特的密切合作開始令我愛上了電影。

2. Ford never desisted from trying to persuade him to return to America.: 福特從未停止過勸說他返回美國。

3. Ford had the bright idea of paying workers enough to buy cars.: 福特公司想出了一絕妙的主意：付給工人足夠的薪水去購買汽車。

4. Even Ford, who seldom smiled, laughed out loud a few times.: 即使是很少笑的福特，有幾次也笑出聲來。

5. Several manufacturers are also nibbling away at Ford's traditional customer base.: 幾家制造商也在蠶食福特公司的傳統客戶群。