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bedeck (v.)
[bedeck 词源字典]
1560s, from
be-
+
deck
(v.). Related:
Bedecked
;
bedecking
.
[bedeck etymology, bedeck origin, 英语词源]
deck (v.2)
"knock down," c. 1953, probably from
deck
(n.) on the notion of laying someone out on the deck. Related:
Decked
;
decking
.
deck (v.1)
"adorn" (as in
deck the halls
), early 15c., from Middle Dutch
dekken
"to cover," from the same Germanic root as
deck
(n.). Meaning "to cover" is from 1510s in English. Replaced Old English
þeccan
. Related:
Decked
;
decking
.