| 单词 | dimple |
|---|---|
| 音标 | ['dimpl] |
| 解释 | n.酒窝，笑靥 |
| 红宝书 | 无 |
| 字源 | dimple (n.) c.1400, perhaps existing in Old English as a word meaning "pothole," perhaps ultimately from Proto-Germanic *dumpilaz, which has yielded words in other languages meaning "small pit, little pool" (such as German Tümpel "pool," Middle Low German dümpelen, Dutch dompelen "to plunge"). Related: Dimples. dimple (v.) 1570s (implied in dimpled), from dimple (n.). |
| 不择手段背单词 | n. 酒涡; (表面上轻微的)下陷; 涟漪 【记】dim(adj 模糊的): 一般来说酒窝是模糊的 |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】近于dip 沾，浸，好像点水一样形成的水涡 |
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