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Maple German English Proto Germanic 5637.Maple 英 Meɪp(ə)L]美 Mepl

正面 5637.maple
英 ['meɪp(ə)l]美 ['mepl]

背面
释义:
n. 枫树;淡棕色n. (Maple)人名;(英)梅普尔;(法)马普勒
例句:
1. Early settlers built frames of spruce, maple and pine.早期的定居者用云杉木、枫木和松木建造屋架。

1. 加拿大被称为枫树之国。maple is ample.2. 谐音“媒婆” => 媒婆站在枫树下为一对男女牵线,促成姻缘。
maple 枫树缩写自古英语mapultreow,枫树,来自Proto-Germanic*maplo,节,结,trewo,树,词源同tree.可能因这种树多枝节而得名。
maple (n.)c. 1300, from Old English mapultreow "maple tree," also mapolder, mapuldre, related to Old Norse möpurr, Old Saxon mapulder, Middle Low German mapeldorn, from Proto-Germanic *maplo-. There also was a Proto-Germanic *matlo- (cognates: Old High German mazzaltra, German maszholder), but the connection and origins are mysterious. Formerly with adjectival form mapelin (early 15c.; Old English mapuldern). Maple syrup attested from 1824, American English. The maple leaf is mentioned as the emblem of Canada from 1850."

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