toupee

FREQ #25891

n. 男子假发

发音

其它 /tuːˈpeɪ/

词形变化

toupees 复数 toupees

别名

toupe toupée toupet

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A wig of false hair worn to cover a bald spot, especially as worn by a man.

    Near-synonym: hair system

  2. 2.

    A small tuft; a curl or artificial lock of hair.

    废旧
  3. 3.

    A small wig, or a toppiece of a wig, worn by both sexes.

    废旧

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

toupe

上位词 2

hairpiece postiche

相关短语

toupee fallacy toupee fallacies

词源

1727, from French toupet (“small tuft of hair, forelock”), from Middle French toupet (“small tuft of hair, forelock”), from Old French toupet (“small tuft of hair, forelock”), diminutive of toupe, top (“tuft of hair”), from Frankish *topp (“summit, crest, tuft of hair”), from Proto-Germanic *tuppaz (“summit, crest, tuft of hair”). Cognate with Old Dutch topp (“top”) (Dutch top), Old Frisian top (“summit, crest, tuft of hair”), Old English top (“summit, crest, tuft of hair”), Old High German zopf (“end, summit, tuft of hair”), Old Norse toppr (“tuft of hair, forelock”). More at top.

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