scone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, rich, pastry or quick bread, sometimes baked on a griddle.

— On Wednesdays I go shopping / And have buttered scones for tea
Frybread served with honey butter spread on it.

— Dinner rolls and deep-fried crusty scones that border on loaf-size or juicy fruit pies tagged with county-fair blue ribbons rise from backroad eating sites.
The head. Australia,New-Zealand,informal

— …the white ball left a 5cm gash on his scone despite a floppy white hat absorbing some of the impact.

动词 v.

To hit on the head. Australia,New-Zealand,slang,transitive

词形变化

scones plural scones present,singular,third-person sconing participle,present sconed participle,past sconed past

词汇关系

衍生词

dropped scone drop scone feed two birds with one scone girdle scone potato scone sconut

词源

词源 1

Originally Scots, possibly from Middle Low German schö̂ne (“fine flour bread”), or Middle Dutch schoonbroot (“fine bread; a kind of flat angular loaf”), from schoon (“fine”) + broot (“bread”). Alternatively, might derive from Scottish Gaelic sgonn (“lump, mouthful”).

词源 2

Originally Scots, possibly from Middle Low German schö̂ne (“fine flour bread”), or Middle Dutch schoonbroot (“fine bread; a kind of flat angular loaf”), from schoon (“fine”) + broot (“bread”). Alternatively, might derive from Scottish Gaelic sgonn (“lump, mouthful”).