esca
名词 n.
英文释义
名词 n.
- The fleshy growth from an anglerfish's head that acts as a lure for its prey.
- A traditional Galician unit of dry measure, equivalent to about 6–9 L depending on the substance measured.
- A fungal disease afflicting grapes.
- A kind of measuring cup once used for measuring escas of grain.
词源
词源 1
From Latin ēsca (“bait”).
词源 2
From Galician escá, from Hispanic Late Latin scala (“bowl”) attested in Isidore of Seville, probably from Suevic, from Proto-Germanic *skēlō (“bowl”). Cognate with German Schale and Dutch schaal.
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