stirrup

英 ['stɪrəp] 美['stɪrəp]

TEM8畅通词汇

复数: stirrups;

1. stair + rope => stirrup.
2. literally "climbing rope".
3. Originally a looped rope as a help for mounting.

stirrup 马镫

来自古英语 stigrap, 马镫，来自 Proto-Germanic*stigaz, 爬，来自 PIE*steigh, 爬，词源同 stair,stile,+rap,绳子，来自 rope 古英语拼写形式。

stirrup: stirrup: [OE] A stirrup is etymologically a ‘climbing rope’. The word goes back to a prehistoric Germanic compound formed from the base *stig- ‘climb’ (source also of English stair and stile) and *raipaz (ancestor of English rope). The earliest stirrups were looped pieces of rope.
=> rope, stair, stile
stirrup (n.): Old English stigrap "a support for the foot of a person mounted on a horse," literally "climbing rope," from stige "a climbing, ascent" (from Proto-Germanic *stigaz "climbing;" see stair) + rap (see rope (n.)). Originally a looped rope as a help for mounting. Germanic cognates include Old Norse stigreip, Middle Dutch stegerep, Old High German stegareif, German stegreif. Surgical device used in childbirth, etc., so called from 1884. Stirrup-cup (1680s) was a cup of wine or other drink handed to a rider already on horseback and setting out on a journey, hence "a parting glass" (compare French le vin de l'etrier).

2. Jane put one foot in the near stirrup and turned to look at the stranger.: 简一只脚就近蹬上马镫，转脸看着陌生人。

4. He walked up to the horse and put his foot in the stirrup.: 他走到马的身边,把脚踏在马蹬上.