napkin
英['n?pk?n]
美['n?pk?n]
- n. 餐巾；餐巾紙；尿布
詞態變化
復數:?napkins;
中文詞源
napkin 餐巾布，餐巾紙
來自拉丁語mappa,布，詞源同map,-kin,小詞后綴。引申詞義餐巾布，餐巾紙。
英文詞源
- napkin
- napkin: [15] Latin mappa meant ‘cloth’ (it is the source of English map). As it passed into Old French its m became transformed into an n, producing nappe. This was borrowed into English as the long-defunct nape ‘cloth’, which, with the addition of the diminutive suffix -kin, has bequeathed napkin to modern English. The abbreviation nappy dates from the early 20th century. From derivatives of Old French nappe English also gets apron and napery [14].
=> apron, map - napkin (n.)
- late 14c., "a table napkin," from nape "a tablecloth" (from Old French nape "tablecloth, cloth cover, towel," from Latin mappa; see map (n.)) + Middle English -kin "little." No longer felt as a diminutive. The Old French diminutive was naperon (see apron). The shift of Latin -m- to -n- was a tendency in Old French (conter from computare, printemps from primum, natte "mat, matting," from matta). Middle English also had naperie "linen objects; sheets, tablecloths, napkins, etc.;" also, "place where the linens are kept."
雙語例句
- 1. He wiped away the blood with a paper napkin.
- 他用紙巾將血跡擦去。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Michael mopped up quickly with his napkin.
- 邁克爾迅速用餐巾將其揩干。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. He dabbed at his lips with the napkin.
- 他用餐巾拭了拭嘴唇。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. Mary Ann tore the edge off her napkin.
- 瑪麗·安撕掉了餐巾的邊兒。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. He dabbed at the spot on his tie with a napkin.
- 他用餐巾快速擦去領帶上的污點.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》