英语词汇“handkerchief”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

handkerchief

/ˈhaŋkətʃɪf

noun (plural handkerchiefs or handkerchieves /ˈhaŋkətʃiːvz/)

A square of cotton or other finely woven material intended for wiping one’s nose.He sits repeatedly wiping his nose on his handkerchief, and then spreading it out on his lap like a napkin....

I blew my nose in a napkin and blew my nose again on his handkerchief.
Now, however, he was too ill to notice it - how the people in the car began to gasp and sputter, to put handkerchiefs to their noses, and transfix him with furious glances.

Synonyms

pocket handkerchief;

tissue, paper handkerchief

trademark Kleenex

Scottish & Northern English napkin;

French mouchoir;

Indian corah, Malabar, pullicate

informal hanky, nose rag, snot rag

informal, dated nose-wiper, sneezer, wipe, wiper

literary kerchief

archaic clout, muckender, monteith, fogle, foulard, stook, Barcelona

Origin

Mid 16th century: from hand + kerchief.

kerchief from Middle English:
The early spelling was kerchef, from Old French cuevrechief, from couvrir ‘to cover’ and chief ‘head’. It was formerly used to describe a woman's head-dress, a type of cloth covering over the hair. The word was used meaning ‘cloth’ as the second element of handkerchief from the mid 16th century.

单词	handkerchief
释义	handkerchief /ˈhaŋkətʃɪf / noun (plural handkerchiefs or handkerchieves /ˈhaŋkətʃiːvz/) A square of cotton or other finely woven material intended for wiping one’s nose.He sits repeatedly wiping his nose on his handkerchief, and then spreading it out on his lap like a napkin.... I blew my nose in a napkin and blew my nose again on his handkerchief. Now, however, he was too ill to notice it - how the people in the car began to gasp and sputter, to put handkerchiefs to their noses, and transfix him with furious glances. Synonyms pocket handkerchief; tissue, paper handkerchief trademark Kleenex Scottish & Northern English napkin; French mouchoir; Indian corah, Malabar, pullicate informal hanky, nose rag, snot rag informal, dated nose-wiper, sneezer, wipe, wiper literary kerchief archaic clout, muckender, monteith, fogle, foulard, stook, Barcelona Origin Mid 16th century: from hand + kerchief. kerchief from Middle English: The early spelling was kerchef, from Old French cuevrechief, from couvrir ‘to cover’ and chief ‘head’. It was formerly used to describe a woman's head-dress, a type of cloth covering over the hair. The word was used meaning ‘cloth’ as the second element of handkerchief from the mid 16th century.
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