towel
英 ['ta??l]
美['ta??l]
- n. 毛巾，手巾；[紙] 紙巾
- vt. 用毛巾擦
- vi. 用毛巾擦干身體
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詞態(tài)變化
復數:?towels;第三人稱單數:?towels;過去式:?towelled;過去分詞:?towelled;現在分詞:?towelling;
中文詞源
towel 毛巾，抹布
來自中古英語 towel,毛巾，來自 toaille,毛巾，來自 Proto-Germanic*thwahilo,洗手布，毛巾布， 來自 PIE*twak,清洗，沐浴。-el,小詞后綴。引申詞義抹布，手巾等。
英文詞源
- towel
- towel: [13] A towel is etymologically something for ‘washing’ with. The word comes from Old French toaille, which was a borrowing from prehistoric Germanic *thwakhliō. This was derived from the verb *thwakhan ‘wash’, whose modern descendants include Swedish tv?tta and Danish tv?tte ‘wash’. Another relative is Swedish tv?l ‘soap’.
- towel (n.)
- mid-13c., from Old French toaille (12c.), from Frankish *thwahlja, from Proto-Germanic *thwahlijan (cognates: Old Saxon thwahila, Middle Dutch dwale "towel," Dutch dwaal "altar cloth," Old High German dwehila "towel," German dialectal Zwehle "napkin"); related to German zwagen, Old English twean "to wash." Spanish toalla, Italian tovaglia are Germanic loan-words. To throw in the towel "admit defeat" (1915) is from boxing.
- towel (v.)
- 1836 (transitive); 1861 (intransitive), from towel (n.). Related: Towelled; towelling.
雙語例句
- 1. He wiped off the remains of the lather with a towel.
- 他用毛巾抹去余下的皂沫。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. She tore off two sections of paper towel and folded them lengthwise.
- 她撕下兩格紙巾，然后縱向對折。
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- 3. She opened her front door draped in a towel.
- 她身裹毛巾打開了前門。
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- 4. She spread a towel on the sand and lay on it.
- 她在沙灘上鋪了一條毛巾，躺在上面。
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- 5. She had a towel draped around her neck.
- 她把一條毛巾掛在脖子上。
來自柯林斯例句