yepsen

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Amount that can be held in two hands cupped together. UK,dialectal,obsolete
  2. Two hands cupped together. UK,dialectal,obsolete

词形变化

yepsens plural eapns alternative espin alternative ipson alternative yaspen alternative yeepsen alternative yepsintle alternative yespen alternative yespfull alternative yestmus alternative

词汇关系

近义词
gowpen
相关词
yeepsen

词源

From Middle English yespon, yepson, ȝespon, ȝespen, ȝispon (“a measure of volume equivalent to that contained in a person’s hands cupped together”), probably from Old English *ġēapsponn, *ġēapspann, from Old English *ġēap (“bent, curved”) + spann (“measure of the palm or hand”), equivalent to gap + span. Compare West Frisian gasp (“buckle, clasp”), Dutch gesp (“buckle, clasp”), Middle Low German gespe (“the cavity between the hands when held together”), Old Norse gaupn (“hollow made by cupped hands”). Doublet of gowpen.
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