英文词源
- abreast (adv.)
- mid-15c., on brest, from a- (1) + breast (n.); the notion is of "with breasts in line." To keep abreast in figurative sense of "stay up-to-date" is from 1650s.
中文词源
发音释义：[ə'brest] adv. 并肩地；并列adj. 并排的；肩并肩的
结构分析：abreast = a（处于）+breast（乳房）→乳房所处状态→并排的。
该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：abreast 词源，abreast 含义。
来自短语on breast.
