vanilla
英[və'nɪlə]
美[və'nɪlə]
- n. 香子兰，香草
- adj. 香草味的
词态变化
复数: vanillas;
助记提示
1. literally "little pod, little vagina," diminutive of Spanish vaina "sheath," from Latin vagina "sheath" (see vagina). So called from the shape of the pods.
2. Meaning "conventional, of ordinary sexual preferences" is from notion of whiteness and the common choice of vanilla ice cream.
3. The pod was so named because of its sheath-like shape.
4. Latin vagina 'sheath', which came to be jokingly applied to the 'female reproductive passage' – hence English vagina.
5. 在香港又被音译为“云呢拿”。
中文词源
vanilla 香草
来自拉丁语vagina,剑鞘，字母g脱落，-illa,小词后缀。因这种植物豆荚形如剑鞘而得名。
英文词源
- vanilla
- vanilla: [17] A vanilla pod is etymologically a ‘little vagina’. The word was borrowed from Spanish vainilla, a diminutive form of vaina ‘sheath’ (the pod was so named because of its sheath-like shape). Vaina was descended from Latin vāgīna ‘sheath’, which came to be jokingly applied to the ‘female reproductive passage’ – hence English vagina [17].
=> vagina - vanilla (n.)
- 1660s, "pod of the vanilla plant," from Spanish vainilla "vanilla plant," literally "little pod," diminutive of vaina "sheath," from Latin vagina "sheath of an ear of grain, hull of a plant" (see vagina). So called from the shape of the pods. European discovery 1521 by Hernando Cortes' soldiers on reconnaissance in southeastern Mexico. Meaning "flavoring extracted from the vanilla bean" is attested by 1728. Meaning "conventional, of ordinary sexual preferences" is 1970s, from notion of whiteness and the common choice of vanilla ice cream.
双语例句
- 1. The city is pretty much plain vanilla.
- 这座城市相当一般化。
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- 2. Add a teaspoon of vanilla extract to the juice.
- 在果汁中加一茶匙香草香精.
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- 3. Add a few drops of vanilla essence.
- 加入几滴香草精油.
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- 4. He loves vanilla ice - cream.
- 他喜欢香草冰淇淋.
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- 5. He used to love milk flavoured with vanilla.
- 他过去常爱喝带香草味的牛奶.
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