oasis: [17] The ultimate origins of the word oasis no doubt lie in North Africa, and although no positive link has been established, it is likely to be related in some way to Coptic ouahe. This means literally ‘dwelling area’ (it is derived from the verb ouih ‘dwell’), but since isolated fertile spots in the desert are natural centres of habitation, it is used also for ‘oasis’. The farthest back we can actually trace English oasis is, via Latin, to Greek óasis.
oasis (n.)
1610s, from French oasis (18c.) and directly from Late Latin oasis, from Greek oasis, probably from Hamitic (compare Coptic wahe, ouahe "oasis," properly "dwelling place," from ouih "dwell"). The same Egyptian source produced Arabic wahah.
例文
1. It hovered before his eyes like the mirage of an oasis .
蜃気楼の中のオアシスのように目の前で揺れている。
2.an oasis of calm
静かなひととき
3.They stopped for the night at an oasis .
彼らは砂漠の中のオアシスで泊まっている。
4.Stephen Miller,chief executive of Oasis ,said:Where are traditional carriers most vulnerable?