kibble

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Something that has been kibbled, especially grain for use as animal feed. countable,uncountable
    — The pope had already signaled his kids-over-kibbles stance in a 2014 interview with the Rome daily Il Messaggero. When asked whether some in society valued pets more than children, he said that it was a reality that reflected a “sign of cultural degeneration.”
  2. An iron bucket used in mines for hoisting anything to the surface.
  3. A mallet used in the game of trap ball. historical
  4. In the Transformers fandom, pieces of a toy or figure necessary for one mode, but appearing out of place or unnecessary in the other. slang,uncountable
  5. Any artificial animal feed in pellet form. countable,uncountable
  6. Food that is high in nutritional value yet tasteless. countable,figuratively,uncountable
动词 v.
  1. To grind coarsely.
    — kibbled oats

词形变化

kibbles present,singular,third-person kibbling participle,present kibbled participle,past kibbled past kibbles plural kibbles plural kibbles plural

词汇关系

衍生词
boy kibble kibbly

词源

词源 1
Unknown; verb sense c. 1790, Shropshire dialect, perhaps variant of chip or derived from Etymology 2 below.
词源 2
From German Kübel (“pail”), from Middle High German kübel, kubel (“bucket, bushel, measure of grain”), from Old High German kubil (“tub, bucket”), from Proto-West Germanic *kubil, from Proto-Germanic *kub- (“to be vaulted, arch”), from Proto-Indo-European *gew-, *gū- (“to bend, curve, arch, vault”).
Alternatively, possibly from Vulgar Latin *cupia, from Latin cūpa.
词源 3
Possibly from kibble (“animal feed”).
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