1580s, from French moustache (15c.), from Italian mostaccio, from Medieval Greek moustakion, diminutive of Doric mystax (genitive mystakos) "upper lip, mustache," related to mastax "jaws, mouth," literally "that with which one chews," from PIE root *mendh- "to chew" (see mandible).
Borrowed earlier (1550s) as mostacchi, from the Italian word or its Spanish derivative mostacho. The plural form of this, mustachios, lingers in English. Slang shortening stache attested from 1985. Dutch slang has a useful noun, de befborstel, to refer to the mustache specifically as a tool for stimulating the clitoris; probably from beffen "to stimulate the clitoris with the tongue."
雙語例句
1. Lovett was a tall, commanding man with a waxed gray mustache.
洛維特是個威嚴的高個男人，蓄著灰白的八字胡。
來自柯林斯例句
2. " Moustache " is a variant spelling of " mustache. "
moustache 是mustache不同的拚法.
來自互聯網
3. He is the queer old duck with the knee - length gaiters and walrus mustache.
他穿著高及膝蓋的皮護腿,留著海象般的八字胡,真是個古怪的老家夥.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
4. A mustache-hater, he is said once to have made an employee shave before he got a raise.
他討厭留胡子，據說他曾經要求一位員工剃去胡子後才給他加薪。
來自柯林斯例句
5. He had a big nose, a stiff mustache and deep - set eyes.