germanic
/dʒɜːˈmænɪk/ (bre, ipa) · /dʒɜːrˈmænɪk/ (ame, ipa) · /(ˌ)jər-ˈma-nik/ (ame, mw)
germanic — 形容詞
- germanicpositive
- more germaniccomparative
- most germanicsuperlative
1. linked to the family of languages that English, German, Dutch, and Swedish all c
日耳曼語系的
屬於英德荷瑞典等共同語系
linked to the family of languages that English, German, Dutch, and Swedish all come from
Paloma's linguistics class covered the Germanic roots of common English verbs.
Paloma 的語言學課介紹了常見英語動詞的日耳曼語源。
attributive: Germanic + noun
The map showed how Germanic languages spread from northern Europe across centuries.
地圖呈現了日耳曼語系數百年來如何從北歐向外擴散。
collocation: Germanic languages
Many short, everyday English words have a Germanic origin rather than a Latin one.
許多簡短的日常英語單字源自日耳曼語系，而非拉丁語。
Dutch and Frisian are Germanic languages closely related to English.
荷蘭語與弗里西亞語都是與英語密切相關的日耳曼語言。
Linh wrote her essay on how Germanic vocabulary forms the everyday core of English.
Linh 在報告中寫到日耳曼語詞彙構成了英語日常用語的核心。
- Teutonic
older literary label for the same language family; now mostly historical
- Romance
the language family from Latin (French, Spanish, Italian) — the usual contrast
文法句型
Germanic + language(s)
用法筆記
Almost always attributive (before a noun like 'language', 'root', 'origin', 'vocabulary'); rarely used after 'be'. Distinguish from sense 2 (about peoples) and sense 3 (about modern Germany).
常見錯誤
2. connected with the tribes who lived in northern Europe from ancient times into t
古日耳曼民族
古代北歐到中世紀初部落相關的
connected with the tribes who lived in northern Europe from ancient times into the early Middle Ages
Kenji visited a museum showing weapons used by early Germanic warriors.
Kenji 參觀了一座博物館，裡面展示早期日耳曼戰士使用的武器。
attributive: Germanic + warriors/tribes
Roman writers described the Germanic tribes living east of the Rhine.
羅馬作家曾描述住在萊茵河以東的日耳曼部落。
collocation: Germanic tribes
Many English place names come from Germanic settlers who arrived after the Romans left.
許多英國地名來自羅馬人離開後抵達的日耳曼移民。
The exhibition traced how Germanic peoples shaped early medieval Europe.
展覽追溯了日耳曼民族如何形塑中世紀早期的歐洲。
- Teutonic
older term for the same ancient tribes; literary or historical register
文法句型
Germanic + people/tribe/warrior
用法筆記
Refers to historical peoples (tribes, warriors, settlers), not modern German citizens — that is sense 3. Often paired with 'tribes', 'peoples', 'warriors', 'settlers'.
常見錯誤
3. showing qualities popularly associated with German people or culture, such as or
德國風格的
展現秩序精確等德式特質的
showing qualities popularly associated with German people or culture, such as order, precision, or a heavy seriousness
Eshe found the engineering of the car impressively Germanic in its precision.
Eshe 覺得這輛車的工藝精密得很有德國風格。
predicative: be Germanic in its X
The film's slow, heavy mood felt distinctly Germanic to the critics.
影評人覺得這部片緩慢沉重的氛圍很有德式風味。
collocation: distinctly Germanic
Tariq admired the Germanic discipline of the orchestra's rehearsals.
Tariq 很欣賞該樂團排練時那種德式的紀律。
There is something very Germanic about the way the bakery runs on time.
這間麵包店準時運作的方式有某種非常德式的味道。
- Teutonic
near-synonym carrying the same stereotype, sometimes more dramatic or literary
文法句型
Germanic + noun
be Germanic
用法筆記
Used as a stereotype — often positive (order, precision) but can carry a heavy or stern feeling. Distinguish from sense 2 (ancient tribes) by context: modern things and traits → sense 3; historical people → sense 2.
常見錯誤
germanic — 名詞
1. the branch of Indo-European covering English, German, Dutch, the Nordic tongues
日耳曼語族
印歐語系中含英德荷北歐語的分支
the branch of Indo-European covering English, German, Dutch, the Nordic tongues like Swedish and Norwegian, Frisian, Afrikaans, and the extinct Gothic
Ilan's textbook traces how English split off from West Germanic over many centuries.
Ilan 的課本追溯英語幾百年來如何從西日耳曼語族分出來。
collocation: West/North/East Germanic
Old Norse belongs to the North Germanic side of the family.
古諾爾斯語屬於這個語族中的北日耳曼語支。
collocation: North Germanic
Linguists reconstruct Proto-Germanic from the patterns shared by its descendant tongues.
語言學家從各後代語言的共通模式重建出原始日耳曼語。
Gothic is the only well-recorded language from East Germanic.
哥德語是東日耳曼語支中唯一有完整紀錄的語言。
- Romance
the parallel branch descending from Latin
文法句型
a branch of Germanic
from Germanic
用法筆記
Used as a technical noun in linguistics, almost always capitalised and usually preceded by a direction word (West, North, East) or the prefix 'Proto-'. Uncountable in this sense.