词族 · moppet
词形变化
中文词源
moppet 小女孩
来自中古英语moppe,布娃娃，来自拉丁语mappa,布料，桌布，词源同map,mop.-et,小词后缀。引申词义小女孩。
英语词源
- moppet (n.)
- endearing term for a baby, a girl, etc., c. 1600, from Middle English moppe "little child, baby doll" (mid-15c.) + -et, diminutive suffix. The Middle English word also meant "simpleton, fool," and may have been cognate with Low German mop "simpleton" [Barnhart]. Or, if "baby doll" is the original sense in Middle English, perhaps from Latin mappa "napkin, tablecloth," hence "rag doll."
权威例句
- 1. First she scurbbed their faces ( this one is Moppet ).
- 她先给他们擦脸 ( 这是默比特 ).
- 2. Miss Moppet ties up her head in a duster, and sits before the fire.
- 毛胚小姐把自己的头绑在一块抹布里, 然后坐在炉火前.