Zephyrette

发音

US /ˌzɛfəˈɹɛt/
其它
UK /ˌzɛfəˈɹɛt/
其它
US /ˈzɛfə(ˌ)ɹɛt/
UK /ˈzɛfə(ˌ)ɹɛt/

词形变化

Zephyrettes 复数 Zephyrettes

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An on-board hostess on the California Zephyr train, which originally operated between 1949 and 1970.

    历史
  2. 2.

    A lightweight print fabric used for women's dresses.

词源

From zephyr (“light wind from the west”) + -ette (suffix forming nouns meaning the female equivalent of something). Zephyr is derived from Latin zephyrus, Zephyrus (“personification of the west wind”), from Ancient Greek Ζέφῠρος (Zéphŭros, “personification of the west wind”), possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃yebʰ- (“to enter, penetrate; to copulate”). Sense 1 (“on-board hostess”) is derived from the California Zephyr train.

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