crisp
英 [krɪsp]
美 [krɪsp]
- adj. 脆的；新鮮的；易碎的
- vt. 使卷曲；使發脆
- vi. 卷曲；發脆
- n. 鬆脆物；油炸馬鈴薯片
- n. (Crisp)人名；(英)克裏斯普
助記提示
1. 易卷曲的、易彎曲的肯定都是脆的、易碎的，要不然怎麽容易卷曲、掰彎、掰碎呢。
2. cr- "bend, hooked" => Latin crispus 'curled'.
3. 由“幹脆、清脆”進而引申出：明快的，清晰的；幹淨利落的；清新的，爽快的，涼爽的；活潑的，有生氣的，輕快的。
4. 諧音“可內撕破、可裏撕破、克裏撕破、顆粒撕破、烤了碎破”。
5. 諧音“烤了碎破”------烤了後會卷曲並發出清脆的響聲、進而碎裂。
中文詞源
crisp 脆的來自PIE*sker, 轉，彎，詞源同ring, curly. 詞義由轉，彎外延至卷，脆。
英文詞源
- crisp
- crisp: [OE] Historically, crisp means ‘curly’. It was borrowed into Old English from Latin crispus ‘curled’ (which was also the source of French crêpe, acquired by English as crape in the 17th century and then reborrowed in the original French form in the 19th century). The reason for the emergence of the word’s modern sense ‘brittle’, which happened in the early 16th century, is not clear, it may simply be that the sound of the word suggested brittleness.
=> crape, crêpe - crisp (adj.)
- Old English crisp "curly," from Latin crispus "curled, wrinkled, having curly hair," from PIE root *(s)ker- (3) "to turn, bend" (see ring (n.)). It began to mean "brittle" 1520s, for obscure reasons, perhaps based on what happens to flat things when they are cooked. Figurative sense of "neat, brisk" is from 1814; perhaps a separate word. As a noun, from late 14c. Potato crisps (the British version of U.S. potato chips) is from 1929.
- crisp (v.)
- late 14c., "to curl," from crisp (adj.). Meaning "to become brittle" is from 1805. Related: Crisped; crisping.
雙語例句
- 1. The potato cakes should be crisp outside and meltingly soft inside.
- 土豆餅應該外麵酥脆,裏麵嫩軟.
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The air was thin and crisp, filled with hazy sunshine and frost.
- 空氣稀薄清新，其間日光蒙矓，寒氣逼人。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Her house is light and airy, crisp and clean.
- 她的房子光線充足，空氣流通，清新整潔。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. He wore a panama hat and a crisp white suit.
- 他戴著一頂巴拿馬草帽，穿著一身挺括的白西裝。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. "Very well," I said, adopting a crisp authoritative tone.
- “很好，”我用幹脆的命令性的語氣說道。
來自柯林斯例句