crescent

• n. 新月；新月状物；伊斯兰教的标记；土耳其的新月形国徽
• adj. 新月形的；逐渐增加的
• vt. 以新月形物装饰；使成新月形
• n. (Crescent)人名；(法)克雷桑

来自PIE*ker , 创造，生长，词源同create。-esce, 表起始。最早指月相由亏转盈的阶段，但后来错误的用来指这一阶段的形状。

crescent

crescent: [14] Crescent is one of a wide range of words (including create, crescendo, concrete, crew, accretion, croissant, increase, and recruit) bequeathed to English by the Latin verb crēscere ‘grow’. In the case of crescent, it came in the form of the present participial stem crēscent-, which passed into English via Old French creissant and Anglo-Norman cressaunt.

Its use in the Latin phrase luna crescens ‘waxing moon’ led later to its application to the shape of the new moon, hence the modern meaning of crescent. The modern French form croissant has given English the term for a crescent-shaped puffpastry roll [19], so named allegedly from its original manufacture following the defeat of the Turkish besiegers of Budapest in 1686, whose Muslim symbol was the crescent.
=> accretion, create, creature, crew, croissant, increase, recruit

crescent (n.)

late 14c., "crescent-shaped ornament," from Anglo-French cressaunt, from Old French creissant "crescent of the moon" (12c., Modern French croissant), from Latin crescentum (nominative crescens), present participle of crescere "come forth, spring up, grow, thrive, swell, increase in numbers or strength," from PIE root *ker- (3) "to grow" (cognates: Latin Ceres, goddess of agriculture, creare "to bring forth, create, produce;" Greek kouros "boy," kore "girl;" Armenian serem "bring forth," serim "be born").

Applied in Latin to the waxing moon, luna crescens, but subsequently in Latin mistaken to refer to the shape, not the stage. The original Latin sense is preserved in crescendo. A badge or emblem of the Turkish sultans (probably chosen for its suggestion of "increase"); figurative sense of "Muslim political power" is from 1580s, but modern writers often falsely associate it with the Saracens of the Crusades or the Moors of Spain. Horns of the waxing moon are on the viewer's left side; those of the waning moon are on his right.

1. They decided a housing co-operative was the way to regenerate Ormiston Crescent.

他们最终决定通过住房合作社来重建奥米斯顿月牙街。

来自柯林斯例句

2. A glittering Islamic crescent tops the mosque.

新月形标志在清真寺顶端闪闪发光。

来自柯林斯例句

3. I live at 7 Park Crescent.

我住在帕克新月街7号。

来自《权威词典》

4. A crescent moon peeped out from behind the clouds.

一弯新月从云中出现.

来自《简明英汉词典》

5. The moon was a brightly shining crescent.

那晚的月亮是一弯闪闪发亮的新月.

来自《简明英汉词典》