ell

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A measure of length. An English ell was 1¼ yards (45 inches or 114 cm), a Scottish ell was about 37 inches (94 cm), a Flemish ell was ¾ yard (27 inches or 69 cm), while certain European ells were less than 50 cm. historical
    — At certain times in the ice-mountains of Switzerland there happen cracks which have shewn the great thickness of the ice, as some of these cracks have measured three or four hundred ells deep.
  2. The name of the Latin script letter L/l. (more commonly el)
    — I have drunk en-ee-cee-tee-ay-ar from the ef-ell-oh-doubleyou-ee-ar-ess in his gee-ay-ar-dee-ee-en many a time.
  3. An extension usually at right angles to one end of a building.
    — I could hear them snapping and tearing around, and then one managed to get on the roof by jumping from the low ell.
  4. Something that is L-shaped.

词形变化

ells plural ells plural el alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
effell

词源

词源 1
From Middle English elle, elne, from Old English eln (“the length of the forearm from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger; a unit of measure”), from Proto-West Germanic *alinu, from Proto-Germanic *alinō, from Proto-Indo-European *Heh₃l-én-eh₂, from *Heh₃l- (“elbow, forearm”).
Cognate with Dutch el (“ell”), German Low German Ell (“ell”), German Elle (“ell”), Swedish aln (“cubit; ell”), Icelandic alin (“cubit; ell”), Latin ulna (“forearm”).
词源 2
From the name of the letter L (late 18th century).
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