freckle英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

A small brownish or reddish pigmentation spot on the surface of the skin.

— Steve has brown hair, blue eyes, and freckles on his cheeks and nose.
Any small spot or discoloration.
A small sweet consisting of a flattish mound of chocolate covered in hundreds and thousands. Australia
The anus. Australia,slang

动词 v.

To cover with freckles. transitive
To become covered with freckles. intransitive

词形变化

freckles plural freckles present,singular,third-person freckling participle,present freckled participle,past freckled past

词汇关系

近义词

ephelis lentigo

衍生词

a hair past a freckle banana freckle freckleless frecklesome frecklish smelly freckle freckle up

词源

词源 1

From Middle English freken, frekel, from Old Norse freknur pl (compare Faroese frøknur, Swedish fräknar, Danish fregner), s-less variant of Old English sprecel from Proto-Germanic *sprekalą (“freckle”) (compare dialectal Norwegian sprekla, Middle High German spreckel), from Proto-Indo-European *sp(h)er(e)g- (“to strew, sprinkle”). Cognate with Albanian fruth (“measles”). More at spark. Related to spry, sprack.

词源 2

From Middle English freken, frekel, from Old Norse freknur pl (compare Faroese frøknur, Swedish fräknar, Danish fregner), s-less variant of Old English sprecel from Proto-Germanic *sprekalą (“freckle”) (compare dialectal Norwegian sprekla, Middle High German spreckel), from Proto-Indo-European *sp(h)er(e)g- (“to strew, sprinkle”). Cognate with Albanian fruth (“measles”). More at spark. Related to spry, sprack.