penchant

• n. 嗜好；傾向

來自拉丁語*pendicare,懸掛，依靠，傾向，來自pendere,懸掛，詞源同pendant.引申詞義愛好，嗜好。字母d脫落。

penchant

penchant: see pendulum

penchant (n.)

1670s, from French penchant, noun use of present participle of Old French pencher "to incline," from Vulgar Latin *pendicare, a frequentative formed from Latin pendere "to hang" (see pendant (n.)).

1. She has a penchant for champagne.

她酷愛香檳酒。

來自《權威詞典》

2. She has a penchant for Indian food.

她愛吃印度食物.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

3. He had a penchant for playing jokes on people.

他喜歡拿人開玩笑。

來自辭典例句

4. Despite her penchant for chitchat , Yvonne was no birdbrain, Martin discovered.

馬丁發現, 盡管伊馮非常喜歡瞎聊,可她並不是沒頭腦.

來自辭典例句

5. He seems to have a penchant for my children.

他似乎很喜歡我的孩子們.

來自辭典例句