英文词源
- restive
- restive: see rest
- restive (adj.)
- early 15c., restyffe "not moving forward," from Middle French restif "motionless, brought to a standstill" (Modern French rétif), from rester "to remain" (see rest (n.2)). Sense of "unmanageable" (1680s) evolved via notion of a horse refusing to go forward.
中文词源
来自拉丁语 restare,站回，留下，遗留，来自 re-,向后，往回，stare,站立，词源同 stand.原用 于形容马站着不肯走的，引申词义倔强的，难驾驭的等。
该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：restive 词源，restive 含义。
来自拉丁语 restare,站回，留下，遗留，来自 re-,向后，往回，stare,站立，词源同 stand.原用 于形容马站着不肯走的，引申词义倔强的，难驾驭的等。
