tallow
- 英式英标[\'tælo]
- 美式音标[\'tæləʊ]
中文词源
tallow 动物油脂
来自古英语 talugh,动物油脂，来自 Proto-Germanic*talgo,流油，来自 PIE*del,流动。
英文词源
- 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.
中文解释
1. 形近词：wallow, tallow, swallow, shallow, sallow, hallow, callow, fallow.2. 该词的词源信息比较晦涩、模糊，但其本意是表示很硬、很结实的东西，然后因为现今的含义；由于该单词的古体形式的变体与tough差不多，因此，我们或许可以认为它与tough同源表示很硬、很结实、很紧致、致密的东西，由此引申为动物的油脂、脂肪。由首辅音表词类含义，来记住该单词。
实用例句
- 1. The placing of these millions added seriously and most uncomfortably to the family expenses -- in tallow candles.
- 安排这些数以百万计的巨款增加了家庭开支 —— 买蜡烛的费用,这是一个严肃而极为棘手的问题.
来自英汉文学 - 三万元遗产
- 2. He turned to the fireplace, where a big kettle of tallow for candles was heating.
- 他转向壁炉, 炉上熬着一大壶灌蜡烛用的牛油.
来自辞典例句
- 3. Tallow alcohol can be further refined into cetyl and stearyl alcohols.
- 牛脂醇可以进一步提炼成十六烷和十八烷醇.
来自互联网
- 4. You may recall that we once drew your attention to drummed tallow.
- 葛:你也许记得我曾经提醒你们考虑桶装兽脂.
来自互联网
- 5. A candle made by repeated dipping in tallow or wax.
- 蜡烛反复在融蜡或某种物质中浸泡而做成的蜡烛.
来自互联网