maple

英['meɪp(ə)l] 美['mepl]

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复数: maples;

1. 加拿大被称为枫树之国。maple is ample.
2. 谐音“媒婆” => 媒婆站在枫树下为一对男女牵线，促成姻缘。

maple 枫树

缩写自古英语mapultreow,枫树，来自Proto-Germanic*maplo,节，结，trewo,树，词源同tree.可能因这种树多枝节而得名。

maple (n.): c. 1300, from Old English mapultreow "maple tree," also mapolder, mapuldre, related to Old Norse möpurr, Old Saxon mapulder, Middle Low German mapeldorn, from Proto-Germanic *maplo-. There also was a Proto-Germanic *matlo- (cognates: Old High German mazzaltra, German maszholder), but the connection and origins are mysterious. Formerly with adjectival form mapelin (early 15c.; Old English mapuldern). Maple syrup attested from 1824, American English. The maple leaf is mentioned as the emblem of Canada from 1850.

1. Early settlers built frames of spruce, maple and pine.: 早期的定居者用云杉木、枫木和松木建造屋架。

3. Maple syrup is made from sap extracted from the sugar maple tree.: 槭糖浆是用糖槭树中提取的树液制成的。