pigskin

FREQ #47166

n. 猪皮, 猪皮革, 马鞍

发音

AU /ˈpɪɡˌskɪn/

词形变化

pigskins 复数 pigskins

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The skin of a pig.

    可数 不可数
  2. 2.

    Leather made from the skin of a pig.

    可数 不可数
  3. 3.

    A football.

    美国 可数 俚语 不可数

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

leather

词源

Compound of pig + skin. The American football is a direct descendant of the ball used in the game of rugby. The rugby ball originally was made of a pig’s bladder with a leather cover; the earliest versions of the leather exterior sometimes were made of pigskin.

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