towel

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n. 手巾, 毛巾 v. 擦干身子

发音

CA /ˈtaʊ̯əl/
US /ˈtaʊ̯əl/
UK /ˈtaʊ̯əl/
CA /ˈtʰaʊ̯l̩/
US /ˈtʰaʊ̯l̩/
UK /ˈtʰaʊ̯l̩/
US /ˈtæʊ̯əl/
AU /ˈtæʊ̯əl/
NZ /ˈtæʊ̯əl/
US /ˈtæʊ̯l̩/
AU /ˈtæʊ̯l̩/
NZ /ˈtæʊ̯l̩/
ZA /ˈtaːəl/
ZA /ˈtʰaːl̩/

词形变化

towels 复数 towels toweled toweling towelled towelling towels 三单 toweling 现在分词 towelling 现在分词 toweled 过去式 toweled 过去分词 towelled 过去式 towelled 过去分词

教材释义与例句

名词

毛巾，手巾；[纸] 纸巾

a piece of cloth that you use for drying your skin or for drying things such as dishes

名词

毛巾，手巾； 纸巾

动词

用毛巾擦

to dry yourself using a towel

动词

用毛巾擦干身体

释义与例句

n. A2 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    A cloth used for wiping, especially one used for drying anything wet, such as a person after a bath.

    毛巾

    手巾

    He needed a towel for wiping the slippery floor.

v.
  1. 1.

    To dry by using a towel.

    及物

    He got out of the shower and toweled himself dry.

  2. 2.

    To hit with a towel.

    及物
  3. 3.

    To block up (a door, etc.) with a towel, to conceal the fumes of a recreational drug.

    及物
  4. 4.

    To beat with a stick, or "oaken towel".

    英国 方言 废旧 及物

词汇关系

名词

下位词 7

paper towel tea towel bath towel beach towel dishtowel hand towel roller towel
动词

上位词 2

wipe pass over

相关短语

tea towel n. 擦拭杯盘用的抹布 throw in the towel 认输 paper towel 纸巾 towel rail n. 手巾架 towel snap towel snaps towel rails (towel-rail 的复数) n. 手巾架 towel gourd 丝瓜 towel gourds towel off 擦干身子 towel up towel down towel-horse n. 毛巾架 sanitary towel n. 卫生巾, 月经垫 Turkish towel n. 土耳其浴巾

词源

From Middle English towayle, towel, towail, towaille, from Old French toaille (“towel”) (modern French touaille), Medieval Latin toallia, from Frankish *þwahilu (“cloth”), from Proto-Germanic *þwahaną (“to wash”). Cognate with Old High German dwahila (“towel”) (modern dialectal German Zwehle), Dutch dwaal (“towel”), dweil (“mop”), Low German Dweel (“towel”), Old English þwǣle (“band; ribbon; fillet”), Old English þwēan (“to wash”).

来源：wiktionary