pretzel

FREQ #18212

n. 椒盐卷饼, (美)(非正式)法国号

发音

US /ˈpɹɛt.səl/
AU /ˈpɹɛt.səl/

词形变化

brezel pretzels 复数 pretzels pretzeled pretzeling pretzelled pretzelling pretzels 三单 pretzeling 现在分词 pretzelling 现在分词 pretzeled 过去式 pretzeled 过去分词 pretzelled 过去式 pretzelled 过去分词

别名

bretzel brezel

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A toasted bread or cracker usually in the shape of a loose knot.

    德国结

    椒盐卷饼

    盐味卷饼

    烹饪
  2. 2.

    Anything that is knotted, twisted, or tangled.

    比喻 引申义
v.
  1. 1.

    To bend, twist, or contort.

    加拿大 美国 非正式 及物

    They discovered a snake pretzelled into knots.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

cracker

相关短语

pretzel knot pretzel link pretzel knots pretzel links pretzel pillow pretzel pillows pretzel style pretzel syndrome pretzel up get one's panties in a pretzel gets one's panties in a pretzel gotten one's panties in a pretzel got one's panties in a pretzel getting one's panties in a pretzel

词源

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mreǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-us Proto-Indo-European *mréǵʰus Ancient Greek βρᾰχῠ́ς (brăkhŭ́s) Proto-Indo-European *-yōsder. Ancient Greek -ίων (-íōn) Ancient Greek βραχίων (brakhíōn)bor. Latin bracchium Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Latin bracchiātus Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ulus Latin -ellus Vulgar Latin *brāchiātellusbor. Old High German brēzitella Middle High German brēzel German Brezel German Pretzelbor. English pretzel From dialectal German Pretzel, a variant of standard Brezel, from Old High German brēzitella, from Vulgar Latin *brāchiātellus, diminutive of Latin brāchium, bracchium (“arm”); named for the appearance of folded arms.

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