| 正面 | 11980.easel 英 ['iːz(ə)l]美 ['izl]     |
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| 背面 |      释义： 1. ass (Latin asinus "ass") => easel. 但是拼法上受到了 ease 的影响。2. The notion of loading a painting or canvas on to a wooden stand, much like as a burden is loaded on to a donkey, is echoed in the use of clotheshorse for a stand for hanging clothes on to dry or air (cf. sawhorse).n. 画架；黑板架 例句： 1. This is a well designed easel which folds up quickly and neatly.这个画架设计得很好,可以迅速而整齐地折叠起来. easel 画架来自拉丁词asinus, 驴，见ass. 拼写受ease影响。在英语常见于用动物来代替某些具体物件名，比较sawhorse, 锯木架。 easeleasel: [17] Easel was borrowed from Dutch ezel, which means literally ‘donkey’ (it is related to English ass). The notion of loading a painting on to a stand, much as a burden is loaded on to a donkey, is echoed in the use of clotheshorse for a stand for hanging clothes on to dry or air.=> asseasel (n.)1590s, from Dutch ezel "easel," originally "ass," from Middle Dutch esel, from Latin asinus "ass" (see ass (n.1)); the comparison being of loading a burden on a donkey and propping up a painting or canvas on a wooden stand (compare sawhorse, French chevalet, Italian cavalletto)." |