单词 | maple |
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音标 | ['meipl] |
解释 | n.枫树(枫树是加拿大的国树) |
红宝书 | 【同】 近形词: ample(丰富的, 充足的) |
字源 | 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. |
不择手段背单词 | n. 枫树; 淡棕色 【记】maple上的枫叶很ample(adj 丰富的) |
趣味全助记 | 【记】map 地图,中国上半世纪的地图被喻为枫叶(因为包括蒙古) |
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