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Lettuce Milky Latin Lac English Plural French 6685.Lettuce

正面 6685.lettuce
英 ['letɪs]美 ['lɛtɪs]

背面
释义:
n. [园艺] 生菜;莴苣;(美)纸币
例句:
1. Wash the lettuce and pat it dry.把莴苣洗一下拍干。

1、lact- => lett- + -uce.2、因为莴笋、莴苣会分泌奶状的汁液。3、形象联想:莴苣长得很直、很长就跟字母l一样。
lettuce 莴苣,生菜来自法语,来自拉丁语lactuca,乳汁,生菜,因其乳样的白汁而得名。拼写比较latte.
lettucelettuce: [13] The lettuce was named for the milky white sap that exudes from its stalk when cut. The Latin for milk is lac (source of English lactation [17] and lactose [19]), and so the lettuce was christened lactūca. This passed into English via laituës, the plural of Old French laituë.=> lactation, lactoselettuce (n.)late 13c., probably from Old French laitues, plural of laitue "lettuce," from Latin lactuca "lettuce," from lac (genitive lactis) "milk" (see lactation); so called for the milky juice of the plant."

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