inkhorn

n. 墨水瓶

发音

其它 /ˈɪŋkˌhɔː(ɹ)n/

词形变化

inkhorns 复数 inkhorns

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A small portable container, often made of horn, used to carry ink.

    墨水壶

    古体
  2. 2.

    Something or someone pedantic, obscurely scholarly.

    文绉绉的

    晦涩的

    定语 贬义

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词源

From Middle English ynkhorn, inkehorn (“small portable vessel, originally made of horn, used to hold ink”), equivalent to ink + horn. Displaced Old English blæchorn, which had the same literal meaning but with the native term for "ink."

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