title

n. 冠军；标题；头衔；权利；字幕

vt. 加标题于；赋予头衔；把…称为

adj. 冠军的；标题的；头衔的

中文词源

title 名称，标题，题目，称号，称谓，头衔

来自古法语 title,名称，标题，书的章节，来自拉丁语 titulus,铭文，碑文，牌匾，荣誉，题首，标记，词源同 titular,tilde.后引申诸多词义。

title: title: [13] Title comes via Old French title from Latin titulus ‘inscription on a tomb or altar, label, title’. Other contributions made by the Latin word to English include entitle [14], tilde [19], tittle [14], and titular [18].
=> entitle, tilde, tittle, titular
title (n.): c. 1300, "inscription, heading," from Old French title "title or chapter of a book; position; legal permit" (12c., Modern French titre, by dissimilation), and in part from Old English titul, both from Latin titulus "inscription, label, ticket, placard, heading; honorable appellation, title of honor," of unknown origin. Meaning "name of a book, play, etc." first recorded mid-14c. The sense of "name showing a person's rank" in English is first attested 1580s. Sports championship sense attested from 1913 (originally in lawn tennis), hence titlist (1913).
title (v.): "to furnish with a title," early 14c., from title (n.). Related: Titled; titling.

1. Its new title was meant to give the party greater public appeal.: 新的党名意在使该党对公众具有更强的吸引力。

2. The heavyweight champion will be given a shot at Holyfield's world title.: 这名重量级拳击冠军将尝试挑战霍利菲尔德的世界冠军头衔。

3. They wanted me to change the title to something less gratuitously offensive.: 他们希望我将题目修改一下，以免显得太过冒犯。

4. The title track is a pointed meditation on a continent gone wrong.: 主打歌是对一个误入歧途的大陆的深刻沉思。

5. Of course, nothing is going to eclipse winning the Olympic title.: 当然，没有什么能比得过赢得奥运会冠军。