tampon英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

A plug of cotton or other absorbent material inserted into a body cavity or wound to absorb fluid, especially one inserted in the vagina during menstruation.

— The only apparent difference between Playtex deodorant and nondeodorant tampons was the deodorant, yet the deodorant tampons did not stimulate the production of TSST-1.
A double-headed drumstick primarily for the bass drum.
An inking pad used in lithographic printing.

动词 v.

To plug (a wound) with a tampon or compress. transitive

词形变化

tampons plural tampons present,singular,third-person tamponing participle,present tamponning dated,participle,present tamponed participle,past tamponed past tamponned dated,participle,past tamponned dated,past

词汇关系

衍生词

emotional tampon manpon nasal tampon tampo tampography tamponade Tampongate tamponment Tampon Tim

词源

词源 1

First attested in 1848. Borrowed from French tampon, from Middle French tampon, a nasalised variant of tapon, a diminutive or augmented form of Old French tape (“plug, bung, tap”), from Frankish *tappō (“stopper, plug”), from Proto-Germanic *tappô (“plug, tap”). Cognate with Old High German zapfo (“stopper”), Old English tæppa (“stopper”). Doublet of tampion. More at tap.

词源 2

First attested in 1848. Borrowed from French tampon, from Middle French tampon, a nasalised variant of tapon, a diminutive or augmented form of Old French tape (“plug, bung, tap”), from Frankish *tappō (“stopper, plug”), from Proto-Germanic *tappô (“plug, tap”). Cognate with Old High German zapfo (“stopper”), Old English tæppa (“stopper”). Doublet of tampion. More at tap.