napkin

Word family nounnapkinnapkin ring

Related topics: Utensils

nap·kin /ˈnæpkɪn/ noun [countableC]

1. DFUa square piece of cloth or paper used for protecting your clothes and for cleaning your hands and lips during a meal 〔布或纸质的〕餐巾 SYN serviette

2. DCBMDa sanitary pad 卫生巾

Examples from the Corpus

napkin• 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.• Thallium àlamode de Wimbledon, served in a little china pot with a spray of basil and a clean table napkin.

Origin napkin

(1600-1700) nape “cloth” ((1400-1500)), from Old French, from Latin mappa; → MAP1

单词	napkin
释义	napkin Word family nounnapkinnapkin ring Related topics: Utensils nap·kin /ˈnæpkɪn/ noun [countableC] 1. DFUa square piece of cloth or paper used for protecting your clothes and for cleaning your hands and lips during a meal 〔布或纸质的〕餐巾 SYN serviette 2. DCBMDa sanitary pad 卫生巾 Examples from the Corpus napkin• 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.• Thallium àlamode de Wimbledon, served in a little china pot with a spray of basil and a clean table napkin. Origin napkin (1600-1700) nape “cloth” ((1400-1500)), from Old French, from Latin mappa; → MAP1
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