noggin

FREQ #27500

n. 小杯, 一杯饮料

发音

US /ˈnɑɡɪn/
AU
US /ˈnɑɡn̩/
UK /ˈnɒɡɪn/

词形变化

noggins 复数 noggins

别名

nog naggin

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A small mug, cup or ladle; the contents of such a container.

  2. 2.

    A small measure of spirits equivalent to a gill.

  3. 3.

    The head.

    俚语
  4. 4.

    A signalling molecule involved in embryo development, producing large heads at high concentrations.

    化学 生物
  5. 5.

    Alternative form of nogging (“horizontal beam; rough brick masonry”).

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词源

Uncertain. First use appears c. 1588. Appears in publications in the 1600s (e.g. in The Tincker of Turvey) in several forms including the still-current Irish English form naggin, the rare older Irish, Scottish and Northern English form noggan, used by Jonathan Swift, and the Wexford form nuggeen. Tomás S. Ó Máille and some older dictionaries like Skeat's derive it from Irish naigín, cnaigín, from cnagaire, cnag, but the Oxford English Dictionary argues that Irish naigín and Scottish Gaelic noigean instead derive from English. Compare nog.

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