• adj. 常春藤聯盟的
• n. 常春藤
• n. (Ivy)人名；(英)艾維，艾薇(女名)

詞源不詳。可能來自PIE*wei,編織，纏繞，詞源同vine,wind,weave.引申詞義藤蔓，藤蔓植物。

ivy

ivy: [OE] Ivy has been traced back to a prehistoric Germanic *ibakhs, which also lies behind modern German efeu and Dutch eilof. This has been linked by some etymologists with Latin ibex ‘mountain goat’ (itself acquired by English in the 17th century), the semantic connection being ‘climber’. The expression Ivy League, denoting the eight old-established and prestigious universities of the northeastern USA (Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Pennsylvania, Princeton, and Yale), was inspired by the idea of ancient ivy-covered walls. It dates from the 1930s.

ivy (n.)

Old English ifig, from West Germanic *ibakhs (cognates: Middle Low German iflof, Dutch eiloof, Old High German ebahewi, German Efeu), of unknown origin; the second element in the Old High German word might be "hay."

Ivy bush as a sign of a tavern where wine is served is attested from mid-15c. Ivy League, inspired by the notion of old, ivy-coated walls, dates to 1933 (perhaps originally in reference to football; it consists of Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Pennsylvania, Princeton, and Yale).

1. He stifled his temptation to take hold of Ivy and shake her.

他壓抑住想要抓住艾薇搖晃她的沖動。

來自柯林斯例句

2. Ivy must be a glutton for punishment.

艾維一定是個不怕吃苦的家伙。

來自柯林斯例句

3. The front of the building was covered with ivy.

大樓的正面爬滿了常春藤。

來自《權威詞典》

4. stone walls covered in ivy

爬滿常春藤的石墻

來自《權威詞典》

5. ivy twining around a tree trunk

纏繞在樹干上的藤蔓

來自《權威詞典》