单词
wimple
英 ['w?mp(?)l]
美['w?mpl]
基本信息
- vt. 用头巾围住；使起涟漪
- vi. 起皱摺；起涟漪
- n. 包头巾（如今只有修女用）；（苏格兰）涟漪
词态变化
复数:?wimples;
中文词源
wimple 修女带的妇女头巾
来自Proto-Germanic*wimplilz,可能PIE*weip,转，弯，编织，词源同wipe,vibrate。引申义编织的头巾。
英文词源
- wimple (n.)
- "head and neck covering for women," formerly worn out of doors and especially by nuns, Old English wimpel, from Proto-Germanic *wimpilaz (cognates: Old Saxon wimpal, Old Frisian wimpel, Middle Dutch, Dutch wimpel, Old High German wimpal, German wimpel, Old Norse vimpill), of obscure origin. Old French guimple (French guimpe) is from Germanic.
双语例句
- 1. The black wimple enhanced the whiteness of her skin.
- 黑色的包头巾使她的皮肤显得更加白皙.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 2. Never can one find a single wimple on this cloak.
- 从来没人能从这件斗篷上找到一个褶.
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- 3. Never could one find a single wimple on this cloak.
- 从来没人能从这件斗篷上找到一个褶裥.
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