towel
词语释义
英 ['taʊəl] 美 ['taʊəl]
n. 毛巾，手巾；[纸] 纸巾
vt. 用毛巾擦
vi. 用毛巾擦干身体
单词分析：
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英英释义
Noun:
单词词源
中文词源
towel 毛巾，抹布
来自中古英语 towel,毛巾，来自 toaille,毛巾，来自 Proto-Germanic*thwahilo,洗手布，毛巾布， 来自 PIE*twak,清洗，沐浴。-el,小词后缀。引申词义抹布，手巾等。
英语词源
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 tvätta and Danish tvætte ‘wash’. Another relative is Swedish tvål ‘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 þwean "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.
词态变化
复数 towels;
第三人称单数 towels;
过去式 towelled;
过去分词 towelled;
现在分词 towelling;
权威造句
1. He wiped off the remains of the lather with a towel.
他用毛巾抹去余下的皂沫。
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2. She tore off two sections of paper towel and folded them lengthwise.
她撕下两格纸巾，然后纵向对折。
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3. She opened her front door draped in a towel.
她身裹毛巾打开了前门。
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4. She spread a towel on the sand and lay on it.
她在沙滩上铺了一条毛巾，躺在上面。
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5. She had a towel draped around her neck.
她把一条毛巾挂在脖子上。
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近反义词
cloth 布
bath towel 浴巾
hand towel 手巾
tea towel 擦拭杯盘用的抹布...
dishtowel 干毛巾布
dry 干的
rub down 按摩
rub 擦
wipe 擦
dab 轻触
blot 污点
napkin 餐巾
相似短语
towel clamp towel forceps 布巾钳
jacquard woven towel 提花毛巾
crying towel 牢骚毛巾(给爱发牢骚的人用的挂在空中的毛巾)
windshield towel 汽车前窗拭擦纸
towel shelf n. 手巾柜
roller towel n. 套在滚筒上转动的搽手毛巾
sanitary towel n. 卫生巾, 月经垫
rough towel 毛巾织物浴巾
dish towel 擦干碗盘用的毛巾
toss in the towel 承认被击败, (喻)认输