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Whisk Sweeping Visk Sweep Move Cognates Danish Dutch

正面 6400.whisk
英 [wɪsk]美 [wɪsk]

背面
释义:
vt. 拂,掸;搅拌;挥动vi. 飞奔,疾过n. 搅拌器;扫帚;毛掸子
例句:
1. Whisk the egg whites until they are foamy but not stiff.把蛋清搅至起沫而不黏稠的程度。

1. 谐音“尾扫客、苇扫客”-----用尾巴扫灰尘的人、用芦苇扫地的人。2. 打蛋器、搅拌器 ( Whisk ):常用的搅拌器具,打发或拌匀混合物。3. 谐音“围扫客”----在四周围扫地的人。
whisk 搅动来自PIE*weis,旋转,搅动,来自PIE*wei的扩大格,弯,转,词源同wind,wire,-k,表语音。
whiskwhisk: see whistwhisk (n.)late 14c., "quick stroke, sweeping movement," probably from Old Norse visk "wisp of hay, something to sweep with," from Proto-Germanic *wisk- "move quickly" (cognates: Danish visk "broom," Middle Dutch wisch, Dutch wis, Old High German wisc, German wisch "wisp, brush"), from PIE root *weis- "to turn, twist" (cognates: Sanskrit veskah "noose," Czech vechet "a wisp of straw," Old English wiscian "to plait," weoxian "to clean" with a whisk or brush). Unetymological spelling with wh- is from 1570s. Meaning "implement for beating eggs, etc." first recorded 1660s.whisk (v.)late 15c., "move with a rapid sweeping motion" (intransitive), from a Scandinavian source (compare Danish viske "to wipe, rub, sponge," Norwegian, Swedish viska "wipe," also "wag the tail"), from the source of whisk (n.). Transitive sense is from 1510s; meaning "to brush or sweep (something) lightly over a surface" is from 1620s. Related: Whisked; whisking."

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