punkah

n. (印度等地的)蒲葵扇,(悬于天花板上的)布屏风扇

发音

/ˈpʌŋkə/
/ˈpʌŋkɑː/

词形变化

punkahs 复数 punkahs

别名

punka punkaw punker

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A fan, particularly a large fan made of leaf or cloth and hung from the ceiling, (historical) formerly often operated by a servant.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

fan

词源

Borrowed from Hindi पंखा (paṅkhā, “fan”), from Sanskrit पक्षक (pakṣaka), from पक्ष (pakṣa, “wing”).

来源：wiktionary