tire

英 [taɪə] 美['taɪɚ]

CET4TEM4GRE考研CET6低频词核心词汇

第三人称单数: tires;过去式: tired;过去分词: tired;现在分词: tiring;

tire.............太饿（饿的浑身没劲）.....（使）疲倦
2. ti-re, 两部分分别发音，其谐音为“太累”。
3. 谐音“胎儿”-----“轮胎儿”的简称，此“胎儿”非怀孕的“胎儿”。
4. tyre <===> tire.

tire 使疲劳，疲倦

来自古英语 teorian,耗尽，停止，厌倦，来自 PIE*deu-s,*deu,缺乏，缺少，滞后，由该 PIE 词衍生前缀 dys-,坏的，差的，如 dysfunction,dyslexia.引申词义使疲劳，厌倦。

tire 轮胎

来自中古英语 tire,装备，缩写自 attire,装备，准备，盛装，词源同 tier,tirade.该词原指马车或战车轮子的外边缘铁板，后引申词义轮胎。

tire: tire: [OE] Tire is something of a mystery word. It was relatively common in the Old English period (where it originally meant ‘fail, cease, come to an end’ – ‘become weary’ is a secondary development), but then it disappeared, to return in the 14th century. Nor is anything certain known about its pre-English ancestry, although it may go back to the Indo-European base *deus- (source also of Sanskrit dosa- ‘fault, lack’). The use of the past participle tired as an adjective dates from the late 14th century.
tire (v.1): "to weary," also "to become weary," Old English teorian (Kentish tiorian) "to fail, cease; become weary; make weary, exhaust," of uncertain origin; according to Watkins possibly from a PIE *deu-s-, suffixed form of root *deu- (1) "to lack, be wanting." Related: Tired; tiring.
tire (n.): late 15c., "iron plates forming a rim of a carriage wheel," probably from tire "equipment, dress, covering" (c. 1300), a shortened form of attire (n.). The notion is of the tire as the dressing of the wheel. The original spelling was tyre, which had shifted to tire in 17c.-18c., but since early 19c. tyre has been revived in Great Britain and become standard there. Rubber ones, for bicycles (later automobiles) are from 1877. A tire-iron originally was one of the iron plates; as a device for separating a tire from a wheel, by 1909.
tire (v.2): "furnish with a tire," 1899, from tire (n.).

1. Sooner or later he may tire of constantly putting himself last.: 迟早他会厌倦总是把自己排在最后。

3. He felt he would never tire of international cricket.: 他认为自己永远不会对国际板球赛生厌。