pretzel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 toasted bread or cracker usually in the shape of a loose knot.

— When I was young, the best Philadelphia could do in the way of combining music and eating—or principally drinking—was at the Mäennerchor Garden at Ninth and Green, where a pretzel might be had with a glass of beer, or a sherry cobbler
Anything that is knotted, twisted, or tangled. broadly,figuratively

— he drew himself up into a regular pretzel of a boy

动词 v.

To bend, twist, or contort. Canada,US,informal,transitive

— They discovered a snake pretzelled into knots.

词形变化

pretzels plural brezel alternative,rare bretzel alternative,obsolete pretzels present,singular,third-person pretzeling US,participle,present pretzelling UK,participle,present pretzeled US,participle,past pretzeled US,past pretzelled UK,participle,past pretzelled UK,past brezel alternative,rare bretzel alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

衍生词

get one's panties in a pretzel minipretzel pretzel-bender pretzelize pretzel knot pretzellike pretzel link pretzelosity pretzel pillow pretzel style pretzel syndrome

词源

词源 1

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *mreǵʰ-
Proto-Indo-European *-us
Proto-Indo-European *mréǵʰus
Proto-Hellenic *brəkʰús
Ancient Greek βρᾰχῠ́ς (brăkhŭ́s)
Proto-Indo-European *-yōsder.
Proto-Indo-European *-isō
Proto-Hellenic *-ihō
Ancient Greek -ῑ́ων (-ī́ōn)
Ancient Greek βρᾰχῑ́ων (brăkhī́ōn)bor.
Vulgar Latin bracchium
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos
Proto-Italic *-ātos
Vulgar Latin -ātus
Vulgar Latin brāchiātus
Proto-Indo-European *-lós
Proto-Indo-European *-elós
Proto-Italic *-elos
Vulgar Latin -lus
Vulgar Latin -ellus
Vulgar Latin *brāchiātellusbor.
Old High German brēzitella
Middle High German brēzel
German Brezel
German Pretzelbor.
English pretzel
From dialectal German Pretzel, a variant of standard Brezel, from Old High German brēzitella, from Vulgar Latin *brāchiātellus, diminutive of Latin brāchium, bracchium (“arm”); named for the appearance of folded arms.

词源 2

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *mreǵʰ-
Proto-Indo-European *-us
Proto-Indo-European *mréǵʰus
Proto-Hellenic *brəkʰús
Ancient Greek βρᾰχῠ́ς (brăkhŭ́s)
Proto-Indo-European *-yōsder.
Proto-Indo-European *-isō
Proto-Hellenic *-ihō
Ancient Greek -ῑ́ων (-ī́ōn)
Ancient Greek βρᾰχῑ́ων (brăkhī́ōn)bor.
Vulgar Latin bracchium
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos
Proto-Italic *-ātos
Vulgar Latin -ātus
Vulgar Latin brāchiātus
Proto-Indo-European *-lós
Proto-Indo-European *-elós
Proto-Italic *-elos
Vulgar Latin -lus
Vulgar Latin -ellus
Vulgar Latin *brāchiātellusbor.
Old High German brēzitella
Middle High German brēzel
German Brezel
German Pretzelbor.
English pretzel
From dialectal German Pretzel, a variant of standard Brezel, from Old High German brēzitella, from Vulgar Latin *brāchiātellus, diminutive of Latin brāchium, bracchium (“arm”); named for the appearance of folded arms.