wimple
英 ['wɪmp(ə)l]
美 ['wɪmpl]
- vt. 用头巾围住；使起涟漪
- vi. 起皱摺；起涟漪
- n. 包头巾（如今只有修女用）；（苏格兰）涟漪
wimple 修女带的妇女头巾来自Proto-Germanic*wimplilz,可能PIE*weip,转，弯，编织，词源同wipe,vibrate。引申义编织的头巾。
- wimple (n.)
- "head and neck covering for women," formerly worn out of doors and especially by nuns, Old English wimpel, from Proto-Germanic *wimpilaz (cognates: Old Saxon wimpal, Old Frisian wimpel, Middle Dutch, Dutch wimpel, Old High German wimpal, German wimpel, Old Norse vimpill), of obscure origin. Old French guimple (French guimpe) is from Germanic.
- 1. The black wimple enhanced the whiteness of her skin.
- 黑色的包头巾使她的皮肤显得更加白皙.
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- 2. Never can one find a single wimple on this cloak.
- 从来没人能从这件斗篷上找到一个褶.
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- 3. Never could one find a single wimple on this cloak.
- 从来没人能从这件斗篷上找到一个褶裥.
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