august

adj. 威严的；令人敬畏的

n. 八月（简写为Aug）

n. (August)人名；(法、葡、西、俄、罗、英、德、瑞典、挪)奥古斯特

中文词源

August 八月

以罗马皇帝Augustus Caesar命名的月份。

august 威严的

来自词根aug, 增加，威严。

August: August: [OE] The month of August was named by the Romans after their emperor Augustus (63 BC–14 AD). His name was Caius Julius Caesar Octavian, but the Senate granted him the honorary title Augustus in 27 BC. This connoted ‘imperial majesty’, and was a specific use of the adjective augustus ‘magnificent, majestic’ (source of English august [17]); it may derive ultimately from the verb augēre ‘increase’ (from which English gets auction and augment).
=> auction, augment
august (adj.): 1660s, from Latin augustus "venerable, majestic, magnificent, noble," probably originally "consecrated by the augurs, with favorable auguries" (see augur (n.)); or else "that which is increased" (see augment).
August: eighth month, 1097, from Latin Augustus (mensis), sixth month of the later Roman calendar, renamed from Sextilis in 8 B.C.E. to honor emperor Augustus Caesar, literally "Venerable Caesar" (see august (adj.)). In England, the name replaced native Weodmonað "weed month."

1. 可能的来源有两种，其中一种可理解为：aug- "increase" + -ust (-ist的变体，最高级后缀)。

2. A pirated edition of the book was published in August 1986.: 这本书的一个盗版版本在1986年8月出版。

3. The call-up of National Guard and reserve units begun in late August.: 国民警卫队和预备役的征兵工作8月下旬开始。

5. They were married on August 9 in a civil ceremony in Venice.: 他们于8月9号在威尼斯举行了世俗婚礼。