bookstaff

发音

/ˈbʊkˌstæf/
/ˈbʊk.stɪf/
/ˈbʊk.stɑːf/
/ˈbʊk.stəf/

词形变化

bookstaffs bookstaves 复数 bookstaffs 复数 bookstaves

别名

bookstave

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A letter, a letter of the alphabet, a written character.

    古体

词源

From Middle English bocstaff (“letter, written character”), from Old English bōcstæf (“letter, written symbol”), from Proto-West Germanic *bōkstab, from Proto-Germanic *bōkstabaz (“beechwood staff; written character”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Boukstäf, Dutch boekstaaf, German Low German Bookstaav, German Buchstabe, Danish bogstav, Swedish bokstav, Norwegian Bokmål bokstav, Norwegian Nynorsk bokstav, Faroese bókstavur, Icelandic bókstafur. Likely a semirevival of the Old English term. By surface analysis, book + staff.

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