pint
英[paɪnt]
美[paɪnt]
- n. 品脱；一品脱的量；一品脱牛奶或啤酒
- n. (Pint)人名；(德、俄、匈)平特
词态变化
复数: pints;
助记提示
1、ping- / pict- => pint.
2、含义来源：a painted mark on a vessel indicating this measure.
3. 音译“品脱”。
中文词源
pint 品脱（容量单位，为1/8加仑）
来自古法语pinte,品脱，容量单位，可能来自拉丁语picta,描绘的，标记的，来自pingere,描绘，标记，词源同picture,pigment.
英文词源
- pint (n.)
- mid-14c., from Old French pinte "liquid measure, pint" (13c.), probably from Vulgar Latin *pincta (source of Old Provençal, Spanish, Italian pinta), altered from Latin picta "painted," fem. past participle of pingere "to paint" (see paint (v.)), on notion of a painted mark on a vessel indicating this measure. Used elliptically for "pint of ale" (or beer) from 1742. Pint-sized "small" (especially in reference to children) is recorded from 1938.
双语例句
- 1. Give Roger another pint, Imogen, and I'll have the same again.
- 再给罗杰来一杯，伊莫金，我也再来一份同样的。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. He popped out to buy a pint of milk.
- 他匆匆出门去买一品脱牛奶。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. Aim to have at least half a pint of milk each day.
- 目标是每天至少喝半品脱的牛奶。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. Designer beers and trendy wines have replaced the good old British pint.
- 时尚的啤酒和流行的葡萄酒已经取代了老牌的英国啤酒。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. Doctors drew off a pint of his blood.
- 医生从他身上抽了一品脱的血。
来自柯林斯例句