incense

英 ['?nsens] 美['?ns?ns]

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復數:?incenses;第三人稱單數:?incenses;過去式:?incensed;過去分詞:?incensed;現在分詞:?incensing;

1. candle => incense.

incense 香，激怒

in-,進入，使，-cend,火，燃燒，詞源同candle,incense,-se,過去分詞后綴。引申詞義香，香火。作動詞指點火，激怒。

incense: incense: English has two distinct words incense, but both come ultimately from the same source. The noun, ‘aromatic burnt substance’ [13], comes via Old French encens from late Latin incensum, a noun use of the verb incendere ‘set fire to’ (source of English incendiary [17]). This in turn was formed from a derivative of candēre ‘glow’ (source of English candle). (From encens was derived Old French censier, which passed into English via Anglo-Norman as censer [13].) Besides the literal ‘set fire to’, incendere was used figuratively for ‘enrage’, which English acquired as the verb incense [15] via Old French.
=> censer, incendiary
incense (n.): late 13c., from Old French encens "sweet-smelling substance," from Late Latin incensum (nominative incensus) "burnt incense," literally "something burnt," neuter past participle of Latin incendere "set on fire" (see incendiary).
incense (v.1): "make angry," early 15c., from Middle French incenser, from Latin incensare, frequentative of Latin incendere "set on fire" (see incendiary). A figurative use of the word used literally in incense (n.). Related: Incensed.
incense (v.2): "to offer incense, perfume with incense," c. 1300, from Old French encenser, from encens (see incense (n.)).

1. At the shrine of the god there were offerings, libations and incense.: 神殿里供奉著犧牲、鬯酒和貢香。

4. In summer, they usually burn some coil incense to keep away the mosquitoes.: 夏天他們通常點香驅蚊.