flathe

发音

/fleɪð/

词形变化

flathes 复数 flathes

别名

flath

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A flan.

  2. 2.

    A ray or skate (fish).

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词源

From Middle English flathe (“flat fish”), from Old English *flaþa ("flatcake"; found only in compound flæþecomb, fleþecomb (“weaver's comb”)), from Proto-West Germanic *flaþō (“flatcake”), from Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂- (“broad, flat”). Cognate with Dutch vla, vlade (“baked custard, pancake”), Middle Low German vlade (“flatcake”), German Fladen (“a flatcake, cowpatty”). Related to flan.

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