1
- a piece of thick absorbent cloth or paper used for drying oneself or wiping things dry毛巾; 纸巾。
2
- Brit. dated a sanitary towel〈英, 旧〉卫生巾。
(towelled, towelling; <美> toweled, toweling) with obj.
1
- wipe or dry (a person or thing) with a towel用毛巾擦, 擦干：
with obj. and complement she towelled her hair dry.她用毛巾把头发擦干。
2
- informal, chiefly Austral./NZ thrash or beat (someone)〈非正式, 主澳/新西兰〉鞭打。
词源
Middle English: from Old French toaille, of Germanic origin. Sense 2 of the verb dates from the early 18th cent.; sense 1 from the mid 19th cent.