spangle

英 ['spæŋg(ə)l] 美['spæŋgl]
  • vt. 使闪烁发光;用闪光饰物装饰
  • n. 亮晶晶的小东西
  • vi. 闪烁发光

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词态变化


复数: spangles;第三人称单数: spangles;过去式: spangled;过去分词: spangled;现在分词: spangling;

中文词源


spangle 闪光金属片

来自中古英语 spang,闪光装饰,闪光金属片,来自古英语 spang,扣子,夹子,词源同 span, 扎牢,绑紧。-le,小词后缀。

英文词源


spangle (n.)
early 15c., "small piece of glittering metal," diminutive of spang "glittering ornament, spangle," probably from Middle Dutch spange "brooch, clasp," cognate with Old English spang "buckle, clasp," from Proto-Germanic *spango, from an extended form of the root of span (v.).
spangle (v.)
1540s, "cover with spangles," from spangle (n.). Intransitive meaning "glitter, glisten" is from 1630s. Related: Spangled; spangling.

双语例句


1. Great mormon is similar with spangle, but it t have tail's projections.
美凤蝶和黑凤蝶很像,只是(但是, 不过)它没有翅膀后边的突起.

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2. A spangle used to ornament a dress or costume.
亮片用来装饰衣服或服装的金属片.

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3. Tiny shells spangle the profile of a young Roman woman of the second century A . D .
小小的贝壳装饰着一位 公元 二世纪的罗马妇女的侧面.

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4. The red marks of the wings and tail's projections are the characteristics of spangle.
黑凤蝶的特点是红色的花纹和翅膀后边儿有突起.

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