mascot

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈmæsˌkɒt/    美 /ˈmæsˌkɑːt/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Something thought to bring good luck.
    — I keep this red stone as a lucky mascot and always put it on my desk in exams.
  2. Something, especially a person or animal, used to symbolize a sports team, company, organization or other group.
    — Tommy the Tyke is the mascot of Barnsley FC.
  3. A person engaged by an organization to portray its mascot in costume.
    — He's been working as a mascot at local hockey games.
  4. A personality type characterized by reliance on humor and positivity to wish away conflicts and attempt to defuse potentially violent situations.
动词 v.
  1. To act as a mascot (for). ambitransitive
    — The seniors were “mascoted” by two little girls dressed in green dresses […]

词形变化

mascots plural mascotte alternative,archaic mascots present,singular,third-person mascoting participle,present mascoted participle,past mascoted past mascotte alternative,archaic

词汇关系

衍生词
desktop mascot mascot horror mascotism mascotry

词源

词源 1
Borrowed from French mascotte, from Occitan mascòta (“sortilege”), feminine diminutive of masca (“witch”), from Old Occitan masca, from Medieval Latin masca (“specter, nightmare”). More at mask.
词源 2
Borrowed from French mascotte, from Occitan mascòta (“sortilege”), feminine diminutive of masca (“witch”), from Old Occitan masca, from Medieval Latin masca (“specter, nightmare”). More at mask.
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