喜樂美語

A picture to hold: something has been shut in — a lid down, a cloth over it, a door closed. To disclose is to un-close it, so what was hidden inside is now in the open where others can see it.

有個東西被關起來了——蓋子蓋著、布罩著、門闔上。disclose 就是把那個「關」的動作倒過來做：掀開、打開，讓原本藏在裡面的東西露出來、被看見。所以這個字的重量從來不在「東西本身」，而在「它原本是遮著的，現在不遮了」這個轉折上。

From the word’s history

The word is dis- ('un-, reverse') plus Latin claudere, 'to close' — literally 'to un-close'. That is exactly the modern picture: something shut is opened, and what was inside comes into view.

這個字拆開來就是 dis-（反過來、解除）+ 拉丁文 claudere（關閉）——字面上就是「反關閉」、把關起來的打開。這正好就是現代的核心畫面：本來闔著的被掀開，裡面的東西露出來。順帶一提，close、closet、include、conclude 都是 claudere 這一家的親戚，都跟「關」有關。

Wiktionary（disclose 詞源：Middle English disclosen ← Old French desclore ← Vulgar Latin disclaudere ← Latin dis- + claudere「關閉」）

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同家族的字

過去式 disclosed過去分詞 disclosed-ing disclosing三單 discloses

原始詞典資料4 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

discloseverb/dɪsˈkləʊz/

  • 1

    obsoleteTo open up; unfasten.

    • The estrich layeth her eggs under sand, where the heat of the discloseth them.
  • 2

    To uncover; physically expose to view.

    • The shells being broken, […] the stone included in them is thereby disclosed and set at liberty.
    • And it seemed to me that the dream smote the roof above my bed, and the roof opened and disclosed the outer dark, and in the dark travelled a bearded star, and the night was quick with fiery signs.
  • 3

    To expose to the knowledge of others; to make known; state openly; reveal (something).

    • Her lively looks a sprightly mind disclose.
    • If I disclose my passion, / Our friendship's at an end.

disclosenoun/dɪsˈkləʊz/

  • 1

    obsoleteA disclosure.

摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。