nap·kin
noun/ˈnæpkɪn/
/ˈnæpkɪn/
enlarge image(also table napkin)a piece of cloth or paper used at meals for protecting your clothes and cleaning your lips and fingers餐巾；餐巾纸 - He tucked his napkin under his chin.
他把餐巾掖到下巴底下。 - She dabbed her mouth with her table napkin.
她用餐巾轻轻擦了擦嘴。 - a napkin ring (= for holding a napkin when it is not in use) made of silver
银制餐巾环
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- folded
- table
- cloth
- …
- fold
- unfold
- tuck
- …
- holder
- ring
- He tucked his napkin under his chin.
- (also sanitary napkin (both North American English))(also sanitary pad British and North American English)(British English also sanitary towel)a thick piece of soft material that a woman wears between her legs to hold blood during her period
卫生巾 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- folded
- table
- cloth
- …
- fold
- unfold
- tuck
- …
- holder
- ring
- (British English, old-fashioned or formal) a nappy (= a piece of soft cloth or other thick material that is folded around a baby’s bottom and between its legs to take in and hold its body waste)
尿布（=一块软布或其他厚材料，折叠在婴儿的屁股周围和两腿之间，以吸收和容纳婴儿的身体排泄物）
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French nappe ‘tablecloth’ (from Latin mappa ‘sheet, napkin’) + -kin.