gladiator

n. 斗剑者；古罗马公开表演的格斗者；争论者

中文词源

gladiator 角斗士

来自PIE*kel, 砍，切，词源同clone, claymore.

gladiator: gladiator: [16] The main Latin word for ‘sword’ was gladius. It was probably borrowed from a Celtic word, in which case its relatives would include Irish claideb, Welsh cleddyf, and Scots Gaelic claidheamh (which with the addition of mór ‘great’ produced English claymore [18]). Among its derivatives were gladiātor, literally ‘swordsman’, and gladiolus, literally ‘little sword’, acquired by English in the 16th century.
=> claymore, gladiolus
gladiator (n.): mid-15c., "Roman swordsman," from Latin gladiator (fem. gladiatrix) "fighter in the public games; swordsman," from gladius "sword" (there is no verb *gladiare), which probably is from Gaulish (compare Welsh cleddyf, Cornish clethe, Breton kleze "sword;" see claymore). Old Irish claideb is from Welsh.
The close connection with Celtic words for 'sword', together with the imperfect match of initial consonants, and the semantic field of weaponry, suggests that Latin borrowed a form *gladio- or *kladio- (a hypothetical variant of attested British Celtic *kladimo- 'sword') from [Proto-Celtic] or from a third language. [de Vaan]

1. A blush mantled over the bronzed cheek of the gladiator.: 斗士古铜色的脸膛顿时涨得通红.

4. Gladiator, my cat, frightened me as he meowed his sad song.: “喵喵”, 是我的那只猫“斗士”, 他凄惨的叫声着实吓了我一跳.

5. There is an old painting I did of a gladiator crouching.: 如果对你来说,它看起来错误,它就是错了,我曾经画过一幅格斗者俯行的画.