pint

• n. 品脫；一品脫的量；一品脫牛奶或啤酒
• n. (Pint)人名；(德、俄、匈)平特

來自古法語pinte,品脫，容量單位，可能來自拉丁語picta,描繪的，標記的，來自pingere,描繪，標記，詞源同picture,pigment.

pint (n.)

mid-14c., from Old French pinte "liquid measure, pint" (13c.), probably from Vulgar Latin *pincta (source of Old Provençal, Spanish, Italian pinta), altered from Latin picta "painted," fem. past participle of pingere "to paint" (see paint (v.)), on notion of a painted mark on a vessel indicating this measure. Used elliptically for "pint of ale" (or beer) from 1742. Pint-sized "small" (especially in reference to children) is recorded from 1938.

1. Give Roger another pint, Imogen, and I'll have the same again.

再給羅傑來一杯，伊莫金，我也再來一份同樣的。

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2. He popped out to buy a pint of milk.

他匆匆出門去買一品脫牛奶。

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3. Aim to have at least half a pint of milk each day.

目標是每天至少喝半品脫的牛奶。

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4. Designer beers and trendy wines have replaced the good old British pint.

時尚的啤酒和流行的葡萄酒已經取代了老牌的英國啤酒。

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5. Doctors drew off a pint of his blood.

醫生從他身上抽了一品脫的血。

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