walnut

来自古英语walhnutu,外国坚果，walh-,外国的，外来的，词源同Welsh,Cornwall,nut,坚果。以此命名，以与本国坚果相区别。

walnut

walnut: [OE] A walnut is etymologically a ‘foreign nut’. Its name alludes to the fact that the nut was regarded by the Germanic peoples as an exotic import from southern Europe, land of Romans and Celts (their own native nut was the hazel). Prehistoric Germanic *walkhaz originally meant ‘Celtic’ (it was borrowed from Latin Volcae, the name of a Celtic people), but it soon broadened out to include anyone or anything foreign (including the Romans) within its scope.

Its original Celtic connotations survive, however, in Welsh and Walloon (the name of a people of Gaulish origin), both of which go back to *walkhaz. English shares the formation walnut with its Germanic neighbours – German walnuss, Dutch walnoot, Swedish valnöt, and Danish valnød.
=> walloon, welsh

walnut (n.)

Old English walhnutu "nut of the walnut tree," literally "foreign nut," from wealh "foreign" (see Welsh) + hnutu (see nut). Compare Old Norse valhnot, Middle Low German walnut, Middle Dutch walnote, Dutch walnoot, German Walnuss, So called because it was introduced from Gaul and Italy, distinguishing it from the native hazel nut. Compare the Late Latin name for it, nux Gallica, literally "Gaulish nut." Applied to the tree itself from 1600 (earlier walnut tree, c. 1400).

1. She watches him plane the surface of a walnut board.

她看着他刨平一块胡桃木板。

2. The stool comes in several sizes in walnut or mahogany.

凳子有几种尺寸，材质分胡桃木和红木两种。

3. Black walnut is extremely sensitive to damage from late spring frosts.

黑胡桃对春天晚霜的危害非常敏感.

4. Walnut is a local specialty here.

核桃是此地的土特产.

5. The table is made of walnut.

这桌子是由胡桃木做的.