asunder

动词 v. 形容词 adj. 副词 adv.
中文释义
英 /əˈsʌndə/    美 /əˈsʌndəɹ/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To set apart (one or more people or things) from other people or things; to put asunder, to separate, to sunder. archaic,literary,transitive
    — A plough beetle, ploughſtaff, to further the plough, / great clod to a ſunder that breaketh ſo rough: […]
形容词 adj.
  1. Different, unlike. archaic,literary,obsolete
    — Moth[er]: I cannot blame thee. / But it greeues thee more that Villaine liues. / Iul[iet]: VVhat Villaine Madame? / Moth: That Villaine Romeo. / Iul: Villaine and he are manie miles a ſunder.
副词 adv.
  1. Of two or more people or things:; Apart or separate from each other. archaic,literary
    — Page. I vvarrant you, hee's the man ſhould fight vvith him. / […] [Robert] Shal[low]. It appeares ſo by his vveapons: keep them aſunder: […]
  2. Of two or more people or things:; Moving apart from each other. archaic,literary
    — Our hartes ſwelled, as that they ſhoulde breake / The fire of loue, was ſo ſore kept vnder / When I from her, ſhoulde departe aſunder
  3. Into separate parts or pieces, often due to some violent action. also,archaic,figuratively,literary
    — to crack asunder    torn asunder
  4. Apart from other people; individually, separately; specifically, in private, privately. archaic,literary,obsolete
    — […] I was of the ſame Jeſus Chriſt inſtitute: ſo this préeminence may I lawfully chalenge, that Chriſt choſe them, what tyme he was to our bodily infirmities ſubiect, but me called to be a ſondre to be his preacher, what tyme he had put of all condicions of mannes weakenes.
  5. Chiefly in the form to know asunder: in a manner distinguishable from other similar things. archaic,literary,obsolete
    — Ye summond our kynge,—why dyd ye so? / […] / Know ye not suger and salt asonder? / Your sumner to saucy, to malapert, / Your harrold in armes not yet halfe experte.
    You summoned our king,—why did you so? / […] / Know you not sugar and salt asunder? / Your summoner too saucy, too malapert, / Your herald in arms not yet half expert.

词形变化

more asunder comparative most asunder superlative asundre alternative insunder alternative more asunder comparative most asunder superlative asunders present,singular,third-person asundering participle,present asundered participle,past asundered past

词汇关系

近义词
apart asunder half and half in sunder piecemeal
下位词
atwain in half in twain in two
衍生词
asunderness put asunder
相关词
separate piece

词源

词源 1
From Middle English asunder, asonder (“apart in position, distant; apart in movement; to pieces; alone, separately; distinct in kind, different”), asondri (“distinct, separate”), onsunder, onsondre (“apart, asunder; alone, separately; especially, particularly (?)”), from Old English onsundrum, on sundur (“asunder, apart, privately”), probably from on- (prefix meaning ‘on, upon’) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂en- (“on, onto”)) + sundor, sunder (“alone, apart; separately; privately”) (from Proto-West Germanic *sundr, from Proto-Germanic *sundraz (“alone, separate”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *senH- (“apart; for oneself; without”)). By surface analysis, a- (prefix meaning ‘at; in; on’ denoting a condition, manner, or state) + sunder (“(obsolete except dialectal) different; separate”).
cognates
* Danish sønder
* Dutch zonder
* Faroese sundur
* German sonder
* Gothic 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌳𐍂𐍉 (sundrō)
* Icelandic sundur
* Norwegian Bokmål sunder, sønder
* Swedish sönder
词源 2
From Middle English asondren (“to alienate; to separate; to depart; to part company; to disappear”), from Old English asundran, āsundrian (“to disjoin; to separate; to sunder, put asunder; to sever”) (possibly influenced by onsundrum (adverb): see etymology 1), from ā- (prefix meaning ‘away; from’) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *úd (“away; out”)) + sundrian (“to separate, sunder”) (from Proto-Germanic *sundrōną (“to separate, sunder”), from *sundraz (“alone, separate”) (see further at etymology 1) + *-ōną (suffix forming factitive verbs from adjectives)).
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