maple
英 ['me?p(?)l]
美['mepl]
- n. 楓樹；淡棕色
- n. (Maple)人名；(英)梅普爾；(法)馬普勒
CET6+TEM4GRECET6低頻詞常用詞匯樹
詞態變化
復數:?maples;
助記提示
1. 加拿大被稱為楓樹之國。maple is ample.
2. 諧音“媒婆” => 媒婆站在楓樹下為一對男女牽線，促成姻緣。
2. 諧音“媒婆” => 媒婆站在楓樹下為一對男女牽線，促成姻緣。
中文詞源
maple 楓樹
縮寫自古英語mapultreow,楓樹，來自Proto-Germanic*maplo,節，結，trewo,樹，詞源同tree.可能因這種樹多枝節而得名。
英文詞源
- maple (n.)
- c. 1300, from Old English mapultreow "maple tree," also mapolder, mapuldre, related to Old Norse m?purr, 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.
雙語例句
- 1. Early settlers built frames of spruce, maple and pine.
- 早期的定居者用云杉木、楓木和松木建造屋架。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. It's made of maple.
- 它是槭木做的。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Maple syrup is made from sap extracted from the sugar maple tree.
- 槭糖漿是用糖槭樹中提取的樹液制成的。
來自《權威詞典》
- 4. Maple sugar is made from the sap of maple trees.
- 楓糖是由楓樹的樹液制成的.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. The house stood amid maple trees.
- 那房子坐落在楓樹林中.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》