spangle
英 ['sp??g(?)l]
美['sp??gl]
- vt. 使闪烁发光；用闪光饰物装饰
- n. 亮晶晶的小东西
- vi. 闪烁发光
畅通词汇GRETOEFL
词态变化
复数:?spangles;第三人称单数:?spangles;过去式:?spangled;过去分词:?spangled;现在分词:?spangling;
中文词源
spangle 闪光金属片
来自中古英语 spang,闪光装饰，闪光金属片，来自古英语 spang,扣子，夹子，词源同 span, 扎牢，绑紧。-le,小词后缀。
英文词源
- spangle (n.)
- early 15c., "small piece of glittering metal," diminutive of spang "glittering ornament, spangle," probably from Middle Dutch spange "brooch, clasp," cognate with Old English spang "buckle, clasp," from Proto-Germanic *spango, from an extended form of the root of span (v.).
- spangle (v.)
- 1540s, "cover with spangles," from spangle (n.). Intransitive meaning "glitter, glisten" is from 1630s. Related: Spangled; spangling.
双语例句
- 1. Great mormon is similar with spangle, but it t have tail's projections.
- 美凤蝶和黑凤蝶很像,只是(但是, 不过)它没有翅膀后边的突起.
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- 2. A spangle used to ornament a dress or costume.
- 亮片用来装饰衣服或服装的金属片.
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- 3. Tiny shells spangle the profile of a young Roman woman of the second century A . D .
- 小小的贝壳装饰着一位 公元 二世纪的罗马妇女的侧面.
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- 4. The red marks of the wings and tail's projections are the characteristics of spangle.
- 黑凤蝶的特点是红色的花纹和翅膀后边儿有突起.
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