console

英[k?n's??l] 美['kɑnsol]

第三人稱單數:?consoles;過去式:?consoled;現在分詞:?consoling;

1. 近同義詞：soothe, console, solace, comfort.

console 撫慰

con-, 強調。-sol, 安慰，安撫，詞源同solace,hilarious.

console 控制臺，儀表板

con-, 強調。-sol, 整體，詞源同solid. 即構成一個整體的，整體控制的工具。

console: console: [14] Console means literally ‘offer solace’. It comes from Latin consōlārī, a compound verb formed from the intensive prefix com- and sōlārī ‘comfort’ (source of the Latin noun sōlātium, from which English gets solace [13]). English acquired it either directly, or via French consoler. The Latin agent noun derived from consōlārī was consōlātor ‘comforter’, which passed into French as consolateur. This came to be used as an architectural term for a carved human figure supporting a cornice, shelf, etc, and was eventually shortened to console; this was borrowed into English in the 18th century.
=> solace
console (v.): 1690s, from French consoler "to comfort, console," from Latin consolari "offer solace, encourage, comfort, cheer," from com-, intensive prefix (see com-), + solari "to comfort" (see solace). Or perhaps a back-formation from consolation. The Latin word is glossed in Old English by frefran. Related: Consoled; consoling.
console (n.): 1706, "a cabinet; an ornamental base structure," from French console "a bracket" (16c.), which is of uncertain origin, possibly from Middle French consolateur, literally "one who consoles," word used for carved human figures supporting cornices, shelves or rails in choir stalls. Another guess connects it to Latin consolidare. Sense evolved to "body of a musical organ" (1881), "radio cabinet" (1925), then "cabinet for a TV, stereo, etc." (1944).

1. I can console myself with the fact that I'm not alone.: 不是只有我一個人才這樣，我可以用這一事實來安慰自己。

2. This Christmas sees the launch of a new games console.: 這個圣誕節會有一款新型游戲機上市。

5. A COBOL mnemonic name associated with the console typewriter.: 和控制臺打字機有關的一種COBOL助記憶名.