penchant

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n. 爱好, 嗜好

发音

UK /ˈpɒnʃɒn/
其它
UK /ˈpɑ̃ʃɑ̃/
UK /ˈpɛnt͡ʃənt/
US /ˈpɛnt͡ʃənt/

词形变化

penchants 复数 penchants

教材释义与例句

名词

嗜好；倾向

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Taste, liking, or inclination (for).

    爱好

    倾向

    可数 不可数

    He has a penchant for fine wine.

  2. 2.

    A card game resembling bezique.

    不可数 游戏 可数
  3. 3.

    In the game of penchant, any queen and jack of different suits held at the same time.

    可数 不可数 游戏

词汇关系

名词

同义词 3

taste preference predilection

上位词 1

liking

下位词 2

weakness acquired taste

词源

Unadapted borrowing from French penchant, present participle of pencher (“to tilt, to lean”), from Middle French, from Old French pengier (“to tilt, be out of line”), from Vulgar Latin *pendicāre, a derivative of Latin pendere (“to hang”).

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