c. 1300, from Old French ire "anger, wrath, violence" (11c.), from Latin ira "anger, wrath, rage, passion," from PIE root *eis- (1), forming various words denoting "passion" cognates: Greek hieros "filled with the divine, holy," oistros "gadfly," originally "thing causing madness;" Sanskrit esati "drives on," yasati "boils;" Avestan aesma "anger;" Lithuanian aistra "violent passion").
Old English irre in a similar sense is from an adjective irre "wandering, straying, angry," cognate with Old Saxon irri "angry," Old High German irri "wandering, deranged," also "angry;" Gothic airzeis "astray," and Latin errare "wander, go astray, angry" (see err (v.)).
(cognates: Avestan aešma- "anger," Lithuanian aistra "violent passion," Latin ira "anger")
中文解释
1. Latin ira "anger" => ire.2. Latin ira "anger" => Latin irasci "be angry" => irasc- "be angry".3. 谐音“爱惹”-----爱惹他发怒，故意招惹他使其发怒。4. 谐音“爱怒哦、易怒哦”。
实用例句
1. Objective : To explore the regulatory mechanism of iron responsive element binding protein ( IRE? BP ) in iron metabolism.
目的: 探索铁代谢平衡中铁效应元件结合蛋白 ( IRE -BP ) 的调节机制.
来自互联网
2. Their ire was directed mainly at the government.
他们的怒火主要指向政府。
来自辞典例句
3. Michael shifted uneasily in his chair. Ire looked at his older brother.
迈克尔在椅子里不安地移动了几下, 打量着自己的哥哥.
来自教父部分
4. Had I attended to the suggestions of pride and ire I should immediately have left him.
我要是听从自尊心和忿怒的驱使,那就会立即离开他.
来自辞典例句
5. The boy got ire to the athletic school after a special test.