spelunk
[spi'lʌŋk]
- v. 洞穴研究，洞穴探险
中文词源
spelunk 洞穴，洞穴探险
来自拉丁语 spelunca,来自希腊语 spelynx,来自 spelos,洞穴，可能来自 PIE*spel,分开，劈开， 词源同 spill,splinter.
英文词源
- spelunk (n.)
- "a cave, cavern, a vault," c. 1300, from Old French spelonque (13c.) or directly from Latin spelunca "a cave, cavern, grotto," from Greek spelynx (accusative spelynga, genitive spelyngos) "a cave, cavern," from spelos "a cave." An adjective, speluncar "of a cave" is recorded from 1855.
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