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Stamina

Stamina

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1670s, "rudiments or original elements of something," from Latin stamina "threads," plural of stamen (genitive staminis) "thread, warp". Sense of "power to resist or recover, strength, endurance" first recorded 1726 (originally plural), from earlier meaning "congenital vital capacities of a person or animal;" also in part from use of the Latin word in reference to the threads spun by the Fates  (such as queri nimio de stamine "too long a thread of life"), and partly from a figurative use of Latin stamen "the warp (of cloth)" on the notion of the warp as the "foundation" of a fabric.

英语单词 stamina (活力)来自拉丁语 stamina ,是 stamen 的复数形式,而 stamen 的原意是织布机上的经线,是纺织时的基础,其中的 sta 表示“ stand ”(站立)。因此 stamina 的本意就是“多根经线”。由于在希腊神话中, 人的生命取决于命运三女神手中的命运之线,因此 stamina 也就与人的生命力产生了联系,表示构成生命的基本要素、生命活力。

原本表示“经线”的stamen现在则用来表示植物的“雄蕊”,因为雄蕊的形状与“经线”相似,在植物繁殖过程中的基础作用也与“经线”在纺织时的基础作用相同。