喜樂美語

Picture the gap in a wall that lets you in: a door, a gate, an with people passing through it. Entrance can be thought of as that opening — and then as everything that happens at it. Standing there, you can look at the hole itself (the door), at the moment of through (the arrival), or at the guard deciding who may pass (the permission).

可以想成牆上那個讓你進去的缺口：一扇門、一道大門、一個有人來來去去的拱門。entrance 最先是那個開口，接著這個字就把「在那個開口發生的事」全都收了進來——你可以看那個洞本身（門口），可以看跨過去的那一刻（走進來、登場），也可以看門邊那個決定誰能過的人（准不准進）。至於「使人著迷」的 entrance，是另一條完全不同的來路，不是從門口長出來的。

From the word’s history

The noun entrance ('act of entering' 1520s, 'door, gate' 1530s) comes from French entrance, from entrer 'to enter'. The verb entrance 'to put into a trance, to delight' (1590s) is a separate, later English formation: en- 'in, into' + the noun trance. The two words are etymologically distinct and only look alike.

名詞 entrance（1520 年代指「進入這個動作」，1530 年代指「門、大門」）來自法文 entrance，源頭是 entrer「進入」。動詞 entrance「使入神、使著迷」（1590 年代）則是英文後來自己造的另一個字：字首 en-「進入…之中」加上名詞 trance（出神、恍惚），字面是「把某人放進恍惚狀態裡」。兩個 entrance 只是長得一樣，來路各自獨立。

Online Etymology Dictionary (etymonline.com), entry 'entrance' (noun and verb)

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同家族的字

n複數 entrances

v過去式 entranced過去分詞 entranced-ing entrancing三單 entrances

原始詞典資料12 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。

entrancenoun詞源 1/ˈɛn.tɹəns/

  • 1

    The action of entering, or going in.

    • make a grand entrance
    • Her entrance attracted no attention whatsoever.
  • 2

    The act of taking possession, as of property, or of office.

    • the entrance of an heir upon his inheritance, or of a magistrate into office
  • 3

    The place of entering, as a gate or doorway.

    • ‘It was called the wickedest street in London and the entrance was just here. I imagine the mouth of the road lay between this lamp standard and the second from the next down there.’
    • Place your bag by the entrance so that you can find it easily.
  • 4

    The right to go in.

    • You'll need a ticket to gain entrance to the museum.
    • to give entrance to friends
  • 5

    The entering upon; the beginning, or that with which the beginning is made; the commencement; initiation.

    • a difficult entrance into business
    • Beware of entrance to a quarrel.
  • 6

    The causing to be entered upon a register, as a ship or goods, at a customhouse; an entering.

    • His entrance of the arrival was made the same day.
  • 7

    nauticaltransportThe angle which the bow of a vessel makes with the water at the water line.

    • A coarse-lined ship, fig. 4, has an angle of entrance of about 40 deg., measured at the load-water line; while a fine-lined ship has only about half that angle.
    • At low , say 9 knots for a 400-ft. ship, 60 deg. entrance angle (side to side) can be accepted.
  • 8

    nauticaltransportThe bow, or entire wedgelike forepart of a vessel, below the water line.

    • She [the Albemarle] has a bold entrance, and clean run.
另外 1 個記錄的用法
  • 9

    entertainmentlifestylemusicThe beginning of a musician's playing or singing; entry.

entranceverb詞源 2/ɛnˈtɹɑːns/

  • 1

    To delight and fill with wonder.

    • The children were immediately entranced by all the balloons.
    • See the finest girl in France make an entrance to entrance...
  • 2

    To put into a trance.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

  • entrance fee

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