"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.
实用例句
1. The old man is still hale and hearty.
老人的身体还挺硬棒.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
2. He is eighty, but still hale and hearty.
他年已八旬, 但仍老当益壮.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
3. She is remarkable and I'dlike to see her remain hale and hearty for years yet.
她身体状况非常好，我希望她身子骨能一直这么硬朗。
来自柯林斯例句
4. Nathan Hale looked around as a British soldier put the rope around his neck.
当一个英国士兵把绳子套在他的脖子上的时候,内森·黑尔向四周看了看.
来自《简明英汉词典》
5. " Why , I was just over there this afternoon -- Mrs. Hale and I.
