towel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 cloth used for wiping, especially one used for drying anything wet, such as a person after a bath.

— He needed a towel for wiping the slippery floor.

动词 v.

To dry by using a towel. transitive

— He got out of the shower and toweled himself dry.
To hit with a towel. transitive
To block up (a door, etc.) with a towel, to conceal the fumes of a recreational drug. transitive

— We would open the windows, towel the door, and turn my bedroom into an Allman Brothers concert.
To beat with a stick, or "oaken towel". UK,dialectal,obsolete,transitive

词形变化

towels plural towels present,singular,third-person toweling US,participle,present towelling UK,participle,present toweled US,participle,past toweled US,past towelled UK,participle,past towelled UK,past

词汇关系

衍生词

towel down towel off towel up untoweled untowelled

词源

词源 1

From Middle English towayle, towel, towail, towaille, from Old French toaille (“towel”) (modern French touaille), Medieval Latin toallia, from Frankish *þwahilu (“cloth”), from Proto-Germanic *þwahaną (“to wash”). Cognate with Old High German dwahila (“towel”) (modern dialectal German Zwehle), Dutch dwaal (“towel”), dweil (“mop”), Low German Dweel (“towel”), Old English þwǣle (“band; ribbon; fillet”), Old English þwēan (“to wash”).

词源 2

From Middle English towayle, towel, towail, towaille, from Old French toaille (“towel”) (modern French touaille), Medieval Latin toallia, from Frankish *þwahilu (“cloth”), from Proto-Germanic *þwahaną (“to wash”). Cognate with Old High German dwahila (“towel”) (modern dialectal German Zwehle), Dutch dwaal (“towel”), dweil (“mop”), Low German Dweel (“towel”), Old English þwǣle (“band; ribbon; fillet”), Old English þwēan (“to wash”).