stopple

名词 n. 动词 v.
/ˈstɒpəl/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A plug; a stopper.
  2. A projection or lid in a pollen grain that falls away to allow the passage of the pollen tube.
动词 v.
  1. To plug; to stop up. transitive
    — Shut your mouth, dame, / Or with this paper shall I stopple it.

词形变化

stopples plural stopples present,singular,third-person stoppling participle,present stoppled participle,past stoppled past

词汇关系

衍生词

词源

词源 1
From Middle English stopple, stoppel, stoppell, from Old French estopail, estopaille. By surface analysis, stop + -le.
词源 2
From Middle English stopple, stoppel, stoppell, from Old French estopail, estopaille. By surface analysis, stop + -le.
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