maple
英['me?p(?)l]
美['mepl]
- n. 楓樹(shù)；淡棕色
- n. (Maple)人名；(英)梅普爾；(法)馬普勒
詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?maples;
助記提示
1. 加拿大被稱為楓樹(shù)之國(guó)。maple is ample.
2. 諧音“媒婆” => 媒婆站在楓樹(shù)下為一對(duì)男女牽線，促成姻緣。
中文詞源
maple 楓樹(shù)
縮寫(xiě)自古英語(yǔ)mapultreow,楓樹(shù)，來(lái)自Proto-Germanic*maplo,節(jié)，結(jié)，trewo,樹(shù)，詞源同tree.可能因這種樹(shù)多枝節(jié)而得名。
英文詞源
- maple (n.)
- c. 1300, from Old English mapultreow "maple tree," also mapolder, mapuldre, related to Old Norse m?purr, Old Saxon mapulder, Middle Low German mapeldorn, from Proto-Germanic *maplo-. There also was a Proto-Germanic *matlo- (cognates: Old High German mazzaltra, German maszholder), but the connection and origins are mysterious. Formerly with adjectival form mapelin (early 15c.; Old English mapuldern). Maple syrup attested from 1824, American English. The maple leaf is mentioned as the emblem of Canada from 1850.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. Early settlers built frames of spruce, maple and pine.
- 早期的定居者用云杉木、楓木和松木建造屋架。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 2. It's made of maple.
- 它是槭木做的。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 3. Maple syrup is made from sap extracted from the sugar maple tree.
- 槭糖漿是用糖槭樹(shù)中提取的樹(shù)液制成的。
來(lái)自《權(quán)威詞典》
- 4. Maple sugar is made from the sap of maple trees.
- 楓糖是由楓樹(shù)的樹(shù)液制成的.
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- 5. The house stood amid maple trees.
- 那房子坐落在楓樹(shù)林中.
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》