vanilla
英 [və'nɪlə]
美 [və'nɪlə]
助記提示
1. literally "little pod, little vagina," diminutive of Spanish vaina "sheath," from Latin vagina "sheath" (see vagina). So called from the shape of the pods.
2. Meaning "conventional, of ordinary sexual preferences" is from notion of whiteness and the common choice of vanilla ice cream.
3. The pod was so named because of its sheath-like shape.
4. Latin vagina 'sheath', which came to be jokingly applied to the 'female reproductive passage' – hence English vagina.
5. 在香港又被音譯為“雲呢拿”。
中文詞源
vanilla 香草來自拉丁語vagina,劍鞘，字母g脫落，-illa,小詞後綴。因這種植物豆莢形如劍鞘而得名。
英文詞源
- vanilla
- vanilla: [17] A vanilla pod is etymologically a ‘little vagina’. The word was borrowed from Spanish vainilla, a diminutive form of vaina ‘sheath’ (the pod was so named because of its sheath-like shape). Vaina was descended from Latin vāgīna ‘sheath’, which came to be jokingly applied to the ‘female reproductive passage’ – hence English vagina [17].
=> vagina - vanilla (n.)
- 1660s, "pod of the vanilla plant," from Spanish vainilla "vanilla plant," literally "little pod," diminutive of vaina "sheath," from Latin vagina "sheath of an ear of grain, hull of a plant" (see vagina). So called from the shape of the pods. European discovery 1521 by Hernando Cortes' soldiers on reconnaissance in southeastern Mexico. Meaning "flavoring extracted from the vanilla bean" is attested by 1728. Meaning "conventional, of ordinary sexual preferences" is 1970s, from notion of whiteness and the common choice of vanilla ice cream.
雙語例句
- 1. The city is pretty much plain vanilla.
- 這座城市相當一般化。
來自《權威詞典》
- 2. Add a teaspoon of vanilla extract to the juice.
- 在果汁中加一茶匙香草香精.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. Add a few drops of vanilla essence.
- 加入幾滴香草精油.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. He loves vanilla ice - cream.
- 他喜歡香草冰淇淋.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. He used to love milk flavoured with vanilla.
- 他過去常愛喝帶香草味的牛奶.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》