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单词 lather
释义

lather

English

WOTD – 15 January 2016

Pronunciation

  • (UK) enPR: lăth'ə, lä'thə, IPA(key): /ˈlæð.ə(ɹ)/, /ˈlɑː.ðə(ɹ)/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈlæð.ɚ/
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  • Rhymes: -æðə(ɹ), -ɑːðə(ɹ)

Etymology 1

From Middle English lather, from Old English lēaþor (a kind of niter used for soap, soda), from Proto-Germanic *lauþrą (that which is used for washing, soap), from Proto-Indo-European *lówh₃trom (that which is used for washing), from *lewh₃-, *lowh₃- (to wash, bathe). Cognate with Swedish lödder (lather, foam, froth, soap), Icelandic löður (foam, froth, a kind of niter used for soap), Old Irish lóathar (wash-basin), Ancient Greek λουτρόν (loutrón, a bath, wash-room), Latin lavō (I wash), Albanian laj (I wash), Ancient Greek λούω (loúō). More at lye.

Noun

lather (countable and uncountable, plural lathers)

  1. (countable, uncountable) The foam made by rapidly stirring soap and water.
  2. (countable, uncountable) Foam from profuse sweating, as of a horse.
  3. (countable) A state of agitation.
Derived terms
  • in a lather
  • lathery
Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English *lethren, from Old English lēþrian, lȳþrian, *līeþrian (to anoint, smear, lather), from Old English lēaþor (a kind of niter used for soap, soda). See above.

Verb

lather (third-person singular simple present lathers, present participle lathering, simple past and past participle lathered)

  1. (transitive) To cover with lather.
    The young woman lathered her breasts with lavender-scented soap.
  2. (transitive) To beat or whip.
  3. (intransitive) To form lather or froth, as a horse does when profusely sweating.
    • 1997, Haruki Murakami, Jay Rubin, transl., The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.; republished New York: Vintage Books, 1998, →ISBN, page 147:
      I woke Corporal Honda to see to the horse. Heavily lathered and breathing hard, it had obviously come a long way at high speed.
Derived terms
  • lather up
  • lather, rinse, repeat
Translations

Anagrams

  • Hartel, Hartle, Thrale, halter, rathel, thaler
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