seraglio
英 [se'rɑːlɪəʊ; sɪ-]***美 [sɪ'rælɪo]
中文词源
- seraglio
- seraglio: see caravan
- seraglio (n.)
- "harem," also the name of a former palace of the sultan in Istanbul, 1580s, from Italian seraglio, alteration of Turkish saray "palace, court," from Persian sara'i "palace, inn," from Iranian base *thraya- "to protect" (cognates: Avestan thrayeinti "they protect"), from PIE *tra-, variant form of root *tere- (2) "to cross over, pass through, overcome" (see through).
The Italian word probably reflects folk etymology influence of serraglio "enclosure, cage," from Medieval Latin serraculum "bung, stopper" (see serried).
双语例句
- 1. I, who have a seraglio at cairo atat Constantinople, preside at a wedding?
- 我在开罗士麦拿 、 君士坦丁堡都有藏娇的迷宫, 可是我为人主持过一次婚礼 吗 ?—.
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