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gill
noun唸法不同同樣的拼法，這個字的唸法跟另一個不一樣。/ɡɪl/
Hold a fish and lift the flap behind its head. Underneath are rows of thin red folds, packed close together, opening and closing as water passes over them. That is the picture the word carries: many thin blades side by side, high up on the sides of a body. Turn a mushroom over and you find the same shape, so it borrows the same name. And because the folds sit near the top of the fish, filling something right up to that line became a way of saying completely full.
From the word’s history
From Middle English gille, of North Germanic origin, related to Danish gælle and Swedish gäl; the older Norse word has also been linked to a root meaning 'lips' or 'jaw', which fits the opening-and-closing picture.
來自中古英文 gille，源頭是北日耳曼語，跟丹麥文 gælle、瑞典文 gäl 同一家人；更早的古諾斯語詞也被連到「嘴唇、下顎」的字根，正好對上那個一張一合的畫面。
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A second word, same spelling
gill
noun唸法不同同樣的拼法，這個字的唸法跟另一個不一樣。/dʒɪl/
A different word that happens to be spelled the same, and is even said differently: /dʒɪl/, like the name Jill. Picture a small pouring on a kitchen shelf, the kind that holds about a teacup of liquid. The vessel came first and the amount took its name from it, the way a cup became a measurement. That amount settled at a of a pint, so four of them fill a pint.
From the word’s history
From Middle English gille, from Old French gille 'a wine measure', from Medieval Latin gillo 'earthenware jar' — the jar, then the amount it held.
來自中古英文 gille，再往上是古法文 gille「一種酒的量器」，源頭是中世紀拉丁文 gillo「陶罐」——先是那個罐子，然後才是罐子裝的份量。
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