| 单词 | napkin |
| 释义 | napkin From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishUtensilsnapkinnap‧kin /ˈnæpkɪn/ noun [countable]1 DFUa square piece of cloth or paper used for protecting your clothes and for cleaning your hands and lips during a meal SYN serviette2 DCBMDa sanitary padExamples from the Corpusnapkin• They can be neatly eaten with your hands-sometimes a napkin isn't even needed!• White tablecloths and black napkins rolled and tucked with white paper napkins for a tuxedo appeal can only do so much.• Flora put her napkin on the table and left the room.• Her napkin was of pure silk with a neatly monogrammed corner.• Ralph could only ogle, though, helpless with envy, as Grover baIled up his napkin.• I just took my napkin, filled it with all the coins I had won and tied the corners into a knot.• Luks would shout, drinking and sketching wildly on napkins, tablecloths, menus.Origin napkin (1600-1700) nape “cloth” ((1400-1500)), from Old French, from Latin mappa; → MAP1 |
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