turnip: [16] Etymologically, a turnip may be a ‘turned neep’ – that is, a neep, or turnip, that has been ‘turned’ on a lathe, so as to be round (the turnip is a roughly spherical vegetable). Its second syllable, -nip, goes back ultimately to Latin nāpus ‘turnip’, which was adopted by Old English as n?p. It survives in Scottish English as neep, which is used for ‘swedes’ as well as ‘turnips’. The linking of the first syllable with turn is purely conjectural, and has never been definitely established. => neep
turnip (n.)
c. 1500, turnepe, probably from turn (from its shape, as though turned on a lathe) + Middle English nepe "turnip," from Old English n?p, from Latin napus "turnip." The modern form of the word emerged late 18c.
雙語例句
1. He was caricatured as a turnip.
在漫畫里他被畫成了一棵大頭菜。
來自柯林斯例句
2. The turnip provides nutrition for you.
蕪青為你提供營養.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
3. The turnip provides nutrition for our body.
蕪青為我們的身體提供營養。
來自辭典例句
4. This is turnip soup, made from real turnips.
這是大頭菜湯, 用真正的大頭菜做的.
來自電影對白
5. Spinach, egg - plant, cabbage, cauliflower, cucumber and turnip are our favorite vegetables.