英语词源
- skoal (interj.)
- also skol, Scandinavian toasting word, c. 1600, from Danish skaal "a toast," literally "bowl, cup," from Old Norse skal "bowl, drinking vessel," originally a cup made from a shell, from Proto-Germanic *skelo, from PIE *(s)kel- (1) "to cut" (see shell (n.)). The word first appears in Scottish English, and may have been connected to the visit of James VI of Scotland to Denmark in 1589.
权威例句
- 1. S. Smokeless Tobacco, the largest smokeless product company and maker of Skoal and Copenhagen.
- 美国 无烟 烟草公司是最大的无烟烟草产品公司,生产的品牌有干杯和哥本哈根品牌.