wimple

vi. 泛细浪 vt. 用头巾围, 使泛细浪 n. 妇女头巾

发音

其它 /ˈwɪmpəl/

词形变化

wimples 复数 wimples wimpled wimples 三单 wimpling wimpling 现在分词 wimpled 过去式 wimpled 过去分词

别名

whimple

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A cloth which usually covers the head and is worn around the neck and chin. It was worn by women in medieval Europe and is still worn by nuns in certain orders.

  2. 2.

    A fold or pleat in cloth.

  3. 3.

    A ripple, as on the surface of water.

  4. 4.

    A curve or bend.

  5. 5.

    A flag or streamer.

v.
  1. 1.

    To cover with a wimple.

  2. 2.

    To draw down; to lower, like a veil.

  3. 3.

    To cause to appear as if laid in folds or plaits; to cause to ripple or undulate.

    The wind wimples the surface of water.

  4. 4.

    To flutter.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 2

headgear headdress

词源

From Middle English wympel, wimpel, from Old English wimpel (“veil, an article of women's dress; a covering for the neck, a cloak, a hood”), from Proto-Germanic *wimpilaz (“wimple, scarf, veil”). Cognate with Scots wympill (“wimple”), Dutch wimpel (“streamer, pennant”), German Wimpel (“pennant”), Swedish vimpel (“pennant, banner”), Icelandic vimpill (“hood, cowl”).

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