pint
英[pa?nt]
美[pa?nt]
- n. 品脫；一品脫的量；一品脫牛奶或啤酒
- n. (Pint)人名；(德、俄、匈)平特
詞態變化
復數:?pints;
助記提示
1、ping- / pict- => pint.
2、含義來源：a painted mark on a vessel indicating this measure.
3. 音譯“品脫”。
中文詞源
pint 品脫（容量單位，為1/8加侖）
來自古法語pinte,品脫，容量單位，可能來自拉丁語picta,描繪的，標記的，來自pingere,描繪，標記，詞源同picture,pigment.
英文詞源
- pint (n.)
- mid-14c., from Old French pinte "liquid measure, pint" (13c.), probably from Vulgar Latin *pincta (source of Old Proven?al, Spanish, Italian pinta), altered from Latin picta "painted," fem. past participle of pingere "to paint" (see paint (v.)), on notion of a painted mark on a vessel indicating this measure. Used elliptically for "pint of ale" (or beer) from 1742. Pint-sized "small" (especially in reference to children) is recorded from 1938.
雙語例句
- 1. Give Roger another pint, Imogen, and I'll have the same again.
- 再給羅杰來一杯，伊莫金，我也再來一份同樣的。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. He popped out to buy a pint of milk.
- 他匆匆出門去買一品脫牛奶。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Aim to have at least half a pint of milk each day.
- 目標是每天至少喝半品脫的牛奶。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. Designer beers and trendy wines have replaced the good old British pint.
- 時尚的啤酒和流行的葡萄酒已經取代了老牌的英國啤酒。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. Doctors drew off a pint of his blood.
- 醫生從他身上抽了一品脫的血。
來自柯林斯例句