pint

英 [paɪnt] 美[paɪnt]
  • n. 品脱;一品脱的量;一品脱牛奶或啤酒
  • n. (Pint)人名;(德、俄、匈)平特

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词态变化


复数: pints;

助记提示


1、ping- / pict- => pint.
2、含义来源:a painted mark on a vessel indicating this measure.
3. 音译“品脱”。

中文词源


pint 品脱(容量单位,为1/8加仑)

来自古法语pinte,品脱,容量单位,可能来自拉丁语picta,描绘的,标记的,来自pingere,描绘,标记,词源同picture,pigment.

英文词源


pint (n.)
mid-14c., from Old French pinte "liquid measure, pint" (13c.), probably from Vulgar Latin *pincta (source of Old Provençal, Spanish, Italian pinta), altered from Latin picta "painted," fem. past participle of pingere "to paint" (see paint (v.)), on notion of a painted mark on a vessel indicating this measure. Used elliptically for "pint of ale" (or beer) from 1742. Pint-sized "small" (especially in reference to children) is recorded from 1938.

双语例句


1. Give Roger another pint, Imogen, and I'll have the same again.
再给罗杰来一杯,伊莫金,我也再来一份同样的。

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2. He popped out to buy a pint of milk.
他匆匆出门去买一品脱牛奶。

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3. Aim to have at least half a pint of milk each day.
目标是每天至少喝半品脱的牛奶。

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4. Designer beers and trendy wines have replaced the good old British pint.
时尚的啤酒和流行的葡萄酒已经取代了老牌的英国啤酒。

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5. Doctors drew off a pint of his blood.
医生从他身上抽了一品脱的血。

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