tallow
英 ['tæləʊ]
美 ['tælo]
助記提示
1. 形近詞：wallow, tallow, swallow, shallow, sallow, hallow, callow, fallow.
2. 該詞的詞源信息比較晦澀、模糊，但其本意是表示很硬、很結實的東西，然後因為現今的含義；由於該單詞的古體形式的變體與tough差不多，因此，我們或許可以認為它與tough同源表示很硬、很結實、很緊致、致密的東西，由此引申為動物的油脂、脂肪。由首輔音表詞類含義，來記住該單詞。
中文詞源
tallow 動物油脂來自古英語 talugh,動物油脂，來自 Proto-Germanic*talgo,流油，來自 PIE*del,流動。
英文詞源
- tallow (n.)
- hard animal fat, used to make soap, candles, etc., mid-14c., talwgh, from a source (perhaps an unrecorded Old English word) cognate with Middle Low German talg "tallow," Middle Dutch talch, from Proto-Germanic *talga-, meaning perhaps originally "firm, compact material" (compare Gothic tulgus "firm, solid"). OED says related Scandinavian words probably are from continental Germanic.
雙語例句
- 1. The placing of these millions added seriously and most uncomfortably to the family expenses -- in tallow candles.
- 安排這些數以百萬計的巨款增加了家庭開支 —— 買蠟燭的費用,這是一個嚴肅而極為棘手的問題.
來自英漢文學 - 三萬元遺產
- 2. He turned to the fireplace, where a big kettle of tallow for candles was heating.
- 他轉向壁爐, 爐上熬著一大壺灌蠟燭用的牛油.
來自辭典例句
- 3. Tallow alcohol can be further refined into cetyl and stearyl alcohols.
- 牛脂醇可以進一步提煉成十六烷和十八烷醇.
來自互聯網
- 4. You may recall that we once drew your attention to drummed tallow.
- 葛:你也許記得我曾經提醒你們考慮桶裝獸脂.
來自互聯網
- 5. A candle made by repeated dipping in tallow or wax.
- 蠟燭反複在融蠟或某種物質中浸泡而做成的蠟燭.
來自互聯網