maple
英['meɪp(ə)l]
美['mepl]
- n. 枫树；淡棕色
- n. (Maple)人名；(英)梅普尔；(法)马普勒
词态变化
复数: maples;
助记提示
1. 加拿大被称为枫树之国。maple is ample.
2. 谐音“媒婆” => 媒婆站在枫树下为一对男女牵线，促成姻缘。
中文词源
maple 枫树
缩写自古英语mapultreow,枫树，来自Proto-Germanic*maplo,节，结，trewo,树，词源同tree.可能因这种树多枝节而得名。
英文词源
- maple (n.)
- c. 1300, from Old English mapultreow "maple tree," also mapolder, mapuldre, related to Old Norse möpurr, Old Saxon mapulder, Middle Low German mapeldorn, from Proto-Germanic *maplo-. There also was a Proto-Germanic *matlo- (cognates: Old High German mazzaltra, German maszholder), but the connection and origins are mysterious. Formerly with adjectival form mapelin (early 15c.; Old English mapuldern). Maple syrup attested from 1824, American English. The maple leaf is mentioned as the emblem of Canada from 1850.
双语例句
- 1. Early settlers built frames of spruce, maple and pine.
- 早期的定居者用云杉木、枫木和松木建造屋架。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. It's made of maple.
- 它是槭木做的。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. Maple syrup is made from sap extracted from the sugar maple tree.
- 槭糖浆是用糖槭树中提取的树液制成的。
来自《权威词典》
- 4. Maple sugar is made from the sap of maple trees.
- 枫糖是由枫树的树液制成的.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 5. The house stood amid maple trees.
- 那房子坐落在枫树林中.
来自《简明英汉词典》