hale

• adj. 矍鑠的（尤指老人）；強壯的
• adv. 完全地
• vt. 迫使；猛拉
• vi. 不斷流出
• n. (Hale)人名；(英)黑爾；(德、瑞典、芬)哈勒

來自古英語hal,健康的，詞源同hail,health.

詞源同haul.

hale

hale: see whole

hale (adj.)

"in good health, robust," Old English hal "healthy, sound, safe; entire; uninjured; genuine, straightforward" (see health). The Scottish and northern English form of whole and with a more etymological spelling. It later acquired a literary sense of "free from infirmity" (1734), especially in reference to the aged. Related: Haleness.

hale (v.)

c. 1200, "drag, pull," in Middle English used of arrows, bowstrings, reins, swords, anchors, etc., from Old French haler "to pull, haul, tow, tug" (12c.), from Frankish *halon or Old Dutch halen or some other Germanic source, from Proto-Germanic *halon "to call," from PIE *kele- (2) "to shout" (see claim (v.)). Figurative sense of "to draw (someone) from one condition to another" is late 14c. Related: Haled; haling.

1. The old man is still hale and hearty.

老人的身體還挺硬棒.

來自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》

2. He is eighty, but still hale and hearty.

他年已八旬, 但仍老當益壯.

來自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》

3. She is remarkable and I'dlike to see her remain hale and hearty for years yet.

她身體狀況非常好，我希望她身子骨能一直這么硬朗。

來自柯林斯例句

4. Nathan Hale looked around as a British soldier put the rope around his neck.

當一個英國士兵把繩子套在他的脖子上的時候,內森·黑爾向四周看了看.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

5. " Why , I was just over there this afternoon -- Mrs. Hale and I.

“ 我今天下午剛去那里看了回來 -- 海爾太太和我一起去的.

來自英漢文學 - 嘉莉妹妹