musk

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /mʌsk/    美 /mʌsk/|/mɐsk/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A greasy secretion with a powerful odour, produced in a glandular sac of the male musk deer and used in the manufacture of perfumes. countable,uncountable
    — Your onely way to make a good pomander, is this. Take an ownce of the pureſt garden mould, clenſed and ſteeped ſeauen daies in change of motherleſſe roſe water, then take the beſt Labdanum, Benioine, both Storaxes, amber greece, and Ciuet, and muſke, incorporate them together, and work them into what form you pleaſe; this, if your breath bee not to valiant, will make you ſmell as ſweete as my Ladies dogge.
  2. A similar secretion produced by the otter and the civet. countable,uncountable
  3. A synthetic organic compound used as a substitute for the above. countable,uncountable
  4. The odour of musk. countable,uncountable
  5. A musk deer (genus Moschus). countable,uncountable
  6. A muskflower (Erythranthe moschata). countable,uncountable
  7. A plant of the genus Erodium (Erodium moschatum); the musky heronsbill. countable,uncountable
  8. A plant of the genus Muscari; grape hyacinth. countable,uncountable
  9. The scent of human genitalia when aroused or unwashed. colloquial,countable,slang,uncountable,vulgar
    — I was so excited I could smell my own musk.
动词 v.
  1. To perfume with musk. transitive

词形变化

musks plural musks present,singular,third-person musking participle,present musked participle,past musked past

词汇关系

衍生词
cyclic musk loggerhead musk turtle muscone muskball musk beetle musk cat musk cavy musk duck muskish muskless musklike musk mallow musk melon muskmelon musk oil musk okra musk orchid musk orchis musk ox musk pear musk plum muskroot musk rose musk seed musk shrew musk stick musk thistle musk turtle muskwood musk xylene musky nitro musk nitromusk nito musk pineapple melon white musk xylene musk
相关词
muck muscat nutmeg

词源

词源 1
From Middle English muske, borrowed from Old French musc, from Late Latin muscus, from Ancient Greek μόσχος (móskhos), from Middle Persian [script needed] (mwšk' /⁠muʃk⁠/) whence Persian مشک (mošk). Ultimately from Sanskrit मुष्क (muṣka, “testicle”), the shape of the gland of animals secreting the substance being compared to human testicles, a diminutive of मूष् (mūṣ, “mouse”), the shape of human testicles being compared to mice, from Proto-Indo-European *muh₂s (“mouse”). Cognate with mouse.
词源 2
From Middle English muske, borrowed from Old French musc, from Late Latin muscus, from Ancient Greek μόσχος (móskhos), from Middle Persian [script needed] (mwšk' /⁠muʃk⁠/) whence Persian مشک (mošk). Ultimately from Sanskrit मुष्क (muṣka, “testicle”), the shape of the gland of animals secreting the substance being compared to human testicles, a diminutive of मूष् (mūṣ, “mouse”), the shape of human testicles being compared to mice, from Proto-Indo-European *muh₂s (“mouse”). Cognate with mouse.
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