nutmeg
英['nʌtmeg]
美['nʌtmɛɡ]
- n. 肉豆蔻；肉豆蔻种子中的核仁
词态变化
复数: nutmegs;
中文词源
nutmeg 肉豆蔻
nut,坚果，-meg,香味，麝香味，词源同musk.用来指一种来自印度的麝香味的子实。
英文词源
- nutmeg
- nutmeg: [13] Etymologically, the nutmeg is the ‘musk-flavoured nut’. The word originated as a partial anglicization of Anglo-Norman *nois mugue, which came via Old French nois muguede from Vulgar Latin *nuce muscāta, literally ‘musky nut’. This ‘musky’ connection, now effectively concealed in English, is still apparent in, for example, German muskatnuss, Swedish muskotnöt, and French noix muscade.
=> musk, nut - nutmeg (n.)
- "hard aromatic seed of the East Indies," c. 1300, from Old North French or Anglo-French *noiz mugue, from Old French nois muguete, unexplained alteration of nois muscade "nut smelling like musk," from nois "nut" (from Latin nux) + Latin muscada, fem. of muscat "musky" (see muscat). Probably influenced in English by Medieval Latin nux maga (compare unaltered Dutch muskaatnoot, German muscatnuß, Swedish muskotnöt).
American English colloquial wooden nutmeg "anything false or fraudulent" is from 1830. Connecticut is called the Nutmeg State "in allusion to the story that wooden nutmegs are there manufactured for exportation." [John Russell Bartlett, "Dictionary of Americanisms," 1859]
双语例句
- 1. Nutmeg, parsley and cider all complement the flavour of these beans well.
- 肉豆蔻、西芹和苹果酒都能很好地突出这些豆子的味道。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Ginger, nutmeg, cinnamon, pepper and cloves are common spices.
- 姜 、 肉豆蔻 、 肉桂 、 胡椒、丁香都是常用的香料.
来自辞典例句
- 3. Season the pudding with grated fresh nutmeg.
- 用磨碎的新鲜肉豆蔻给布丁调味.
来自辞典例句
- 4. There was a nutmeg growing in the garden.
- 花园里长着一棵肉豆蔻树.
来自辞典例句
- 5. But a silver nutmeg and a golden pear.
- 除了一个银肉豆蔻和一个金犁.
来自剑桥少儿英语口语入门