anther
英 ['ænθə]***美 ['ænθɚ]
助记提示
1. anth- + -er.
2. => medical extract of flowers.
中文词源
中文词源
- anther
- anther: [18] Greek ánthos originally meant ‘part of a plant which grows above ground’ (this was the basis of the Homeric ‘metaphor’ translated as ‘flower of youth’, which originally referred to the first growth of beard on young men’s faces). Later it narrowed somewhat to ‘flower’. The adjective derived from it was anthērós, which was borrowed into Latin as anthēra, a noun meaning ‘medicine made from flowers’.
In practice, herbalists often made such medicines from the reproductive part of the flower, and so anther came to be applied to the pollen-bearing part of the stamen. More remote semantically, but also derived from Greek ánthos, is anthology [17]. The second element represents Greek logíā ‘collecting’, a derivative of the verb legein ‘gather’ (which is related to legend and logic).
The notion of a collection of flowers, anthologíā, was applied metaphorically to a selection of choice epigrams or brief poems: borrowed into English, via French anthologie or medieval Latin anthologia, it was originally restricted to collections of Greek verse, but by the mid 19th century its application had broadened out considerably. The parallel Latin formation, florilegium, also literally ‘collection of flowers’, has occasionally been used in English for ‘anthology’.
=> anthology - anther (n.)
- 1550s, "medical extract of flowers," from French anthère, from Modern Latin anthera "a medicine extracted from a flower," from Greek anthera, fem. of antheros "flowery, blooming," from anthos "flower," from PIE root *andh- "to bloom" (cognates: Sanskrit andhas "herb," Armenian and "field," Middle Irish ainder "young girl," Welsh anner "young cow"). Main modern sense attested by 1791.
双语例句
- 1. During pollen formation a compound is produced naturally in the anther.
- 在花粉形成过程中,花药内天然产生一种化合物.
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- 2. And one thing led to anther.
- 于是一件事情接上一件.
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- 3. Since unexpected incidents occurred on after anther, the exhibition was called off.
- 因为意外事件一件接一件地发生, 展览就取消了.
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- 4. Anther is a part of a flower that contains the pollen.
- 花药是花的雄蕊上带花粉的部分.
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- 5. Anther culture is a very important assistant breeding technique in vegetable crops.
- 摘要花药培养技术是蔬菜作物育种中一种重要的辅助育种技术.
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