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单词 parapluie
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parapluien.

Brit. /ˈparəpluːi/, /ˌparəˈpluːi/, U.S. /ˈpɛrəˌplui/
Forms: 1700s paraplue, 1700s– parapluie, 1800s parapluis (plural, irregular).
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French parapluie.
Etymology: < French parapluie (1622 as parapluye ) < para- para- prefix2 + pluie rain (c1100 in Old French; < an unattested vulgar Latin form, ultimately < classical Latin pluvia rain: see pluvial adj.), after parasol parasol n.).Not fully naturalized in English. O.E.D. Suppl. (1982) gives the non-naturalized pronunciation (pærăplūi) /pærəpluːiː/.
An umbrella.The word had wide literary currency in the late 18th and 19th centuries.
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the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > refuge or shelter > [noun] > shelter > a shelter > an umbrella or parasol > specific for rain
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1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) Parasol, The word is French: that used against Rains is sometimes called Parapluie.
1781 H. Newdigate Let. 30 Sept. in A. E. Newdigate-Newdegate Cheverels (1898) iii. 35 It has poured all this Day..but with ye help of Pattins & Parapluies we got to ye Well.
1796 E. Inchbald Nature & Art I. xx. 136 Another who had..once..sheltered her from a hasty shower with his parapluie.
1813 M. Edgeworth Let. 31 May (1971) 69 A shower came on and all the dressed groups were forced to take shelter under trees and parapluies.
1827 M. Wilmot Jrnl. 21 Aug. in More Lett. (1935) 291 Both wet, but not very bad as they had parapluis [sic].
1866 Mrs. H. Wood St. Martin's Eve II. vi. 135 She..displayed an enormous crimson parapluie, which she held between her face and the sun.
1999 New Yorker 12 Apr. 103/2 More than a few tall women might not like the idea of a five-foot-ten-inch male pointing out that actually they're an inch higher off the ground and would they kindly tote that parapluie?
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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