| 释义 |
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024phil•o•pe•na (fil′ə pē′nə),USA pronunciation n. - a custom, presumably of German origin, in which two persons share the kernels of a nut and determine that one shall receive a forfeit from the other at a later time upon the saying of a certain word or the performance of a certain action.
- the thing shared.
- the forfeit paid.
Also, fillipeen. - German Vielliebchen, diminutive of viellieb very dear; in earlier form viellieb was taken as proper name Philippe Philip and -chen was made into feminine suffix -ina, giving a woman's name; in later form the word was Anglicized along pseudo-classical lines (compare philo-, penal)
- Dutch philippine
- earlier philippina 1830–40, American.
|