biscuit
- n. 小點心,餅干
詞態變化
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其實,從“biscuit”一詞的字面上,我們便能看出其做法:前綴“bis-”意為“二、兩”,單詞“cuit”則意為“焙燒過的”。
中文詞源
bis, 二。cuit, 詞源同cook. 原指兩面煎烤的面包。
英文詞源
- biscuit
- biscuit: [14] Biscuit means literally ‘twicecooked’ – from the method of cooking, in which the biscuits are returned to the oven after the initial period of baking in order to become dry or crisp. The original source of the word was probably a medieval Latin *biscoctus, from bis ‘twice’ and coctus ‘cooked’, the past participle of coquere (which is related to English cook). It reached English via Old French biscut.
=> cook - biscuit (n.)
- respelled early 19c. from bisket (16c.), ultimately (besquite, early 14c.) from Old French bescuit (12c.), literally "twice cooked;" altered under influence of cognate Old Italian biscotto, both from Medieval Latin biscoctum, from Latin (panis) bis coctus "(bread) twice-baked;" see bis- + cook (v.). U.S. sense of "soft bun" is recorded from 1818.
雙語例句
- 1. He wolfed down the rest of the biscuit and cheese.
- 他把剩下的餅干和奶酪一掃而光。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. He started to nibble his biscuit.
- 他開始啃餅干了。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. She's done stupid things before, but this really takes the biscuit.
- 她以前做過傻事, 但這次實在太離譜了.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. Mr. Smith takes the biscuit as a story teller.
- 史密斯先生講故事是無與倫比的.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. This biscuit eats short.
- 這種餅干吃起來很松脆.
來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》