3325英语网 单词
beldam的意思
beldam
英 ['beldəm]
美
- n. 恶婆（等于beldame）
英文词源
- beldam (n.)
- "aged woman," 1570s; earlier "grandmother" (mid-15c.), from dame (q.v.) in the sense of "mother" + bel-, Middle English prefix expressing relationship (as in belfader, belsire "grandfather"), from Old French bel, belle "beautiful, fair, fine" (see belle). This "direct relationship" sense of bel is not found in French, where the prefix is used to form words for in-laws.