1, pronounced pù, means to put something in the sun or expose it to the sun. This meaning can be traced back to ancient times. People often put clothes, paper and other items in the sun to dry or expose them to the sun for disinfection. When pronounced as bào, it is usually used to express the meaning of exposure. It is very common in modern Chinese, and is often used for news reporting, investigation and disclosure.
As a verb, the original meaning of "exposure" is drying, just like drying or heating things in the sun. For example, in Yuan Hongdao's Travels of Man Jing in the Ming Dynasty, there is a saying, "Birds are exposed to the sand and sip wave scales." Such a poem. "Exposure" in photography refers to the exposure of photographic film or paper in light, that is, exposure.
3. The exposed character structure is very interesting. It consists of two parts: "day" and "violence", in which "day" represents the sun and symbolizes sunshine; And "violence" refers to the action of drying. Judging from the structure of Chinese characters, "exposure" means taking it to the sun for exposure. "Expose" is a polysemous word, and its meaning depends on the context and usage.
Related knowledge of polyphonic words
1, with the passage of time, the pronunciation will evolve, which will lead to changes in the pronunciation of some Chinese characters. These changes may involve initials, finals and tones, which makes the same Chinese character have different pronunciations in different dialects or historical periods. With the development of society and the evolution of language, the meanings of some Chinese characters may change.
When the meaning of a Chinese character changes, its pronunciation will change accordingly to match the new meaning. Different regions have different dialects and phonetic habits, so the pronunciation of the same Chinese character may be different in different regions. This phenomenon is common in some common Chinese characters, such as "thin" and "angle".
3. Some special fields, such as science and technology, medicine and law, will use some special words and pronunciations to express special meanings. These special pronunciations are often different from ordinary pronunciations and need special memory. Classify polyphonic words according to different pronunciations, and then memorize the common words and meanings of each pronunciation respectively. This can improve the memory efficiency.