TSUMUGU · TOCFL C1 (est.) · 詞
攝氏
ㄕㄜˋ ㄕˋ · shèshì
noun — Celsius, the centigrade temperature scale
字源 FORM — what the parts do
攝the 攝 of 攝爾修斯, the rendered surname Celsiusshèchosen for sound — the first syllable of Celsius's Chinese name
氏Mr., the named family (張氏)shì
攝氏,拍攝的攝,姓氏的氏。
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
外國人的姓(氏)取頭一個音譯成「攝」(攝),合起來就是那位先生定的溫標。
A foreign surname is clipped to its first sound, 攝 (攝), and tagged with 氏 'Mr.' — Mr. Celsius's scale, the way Fahrenheit becomes 華氏 'Mr. Fahrenheit'.
字源
關 · Related
華huáshìFahrenheit — the same 'Mr.' naming, the other temperature scale溫度wēndùtemperature — what measures