mustache

英 [m?'stɑ??] 美['m?st??]

暢通詞匯CET4TEM4

復(fù)數(shù):?mustaches;

mustache 胡子

來自意大利語mostaccio,來自希臘語mastax,嘴，頜，來自PIE*mendh,咀嚼，詞源同mouth,masticate.引申詞義胡子。

mustache (n.): 1580s, from French moustache (15c.), from Italian mostaccio, from Medieval Greek moustakion, diminutive of Doric mystax (genitive mystakos) "upper lip, mustache," related to mastax "jaws, mouth," literally "that with which one chews," from PIE root *mendh- "to chew" (see mandible).

Borrowed earlier (1550s) as mostacchi, from the Italian word or its Spanish derivative mostacho. The plural form of this, mustachios, lingers in English. Slang shortening stache attested from 1985. Dutch slang has a useful noun, de befborstel, to refer to the mustache specifically as a tool for stimulating the clitoris; probably from beffen "to stimulate the clitoris with the tongue."

1. Lovett was a tall, commanding man with a waxed gray mustache.: 洛維特是個威嚴(yán)的高個男人，蓄著灰白的八字胡。

2. " Moustache " is a variant spelling of " mustache. ": moustache 是mustache不同的拼法.

3. He is the queer old duck with the knee - length gaiters and walrus mustache.: 他穿著高及膝蓋的皮護腿,留著海象般的八字胡,真是個古怪的老家伙.

4. A mustache-hater, he is said once to have made an employee shave before he got a raise.: 他討厭留胡子，據(jù)說他曾經(jīng)要求一位員工剃去胡子后才給他加薪。

5. He had a big nose, a stiff mustache and deep - set eyes.: 他有一個大鼻子和一雙深陷的眼睛,胡須硬硬的.