turnip: [16] Etymologically, a turnip may be a ‘turned neep’ – that is, a neep, or turnip, that has been ‘turned’ on a lathe, so as to be round (the turnip is a roughly spherical vegetable). Its second syllable, -nip, goes back ultimately to Latin nāpus ‘turnip’, which was adopted by Old English as nǣp. It survives in Scottish English as neep, which is used for ‘swedes’ as well as ‘turnips’. The linking of the first syllable with turn is purely conjectural, and has never been definitely established. => neep
turnip (n.)
c. 1500, turnepe, probably from turn (from its shape, as though turned on a lathe) + Middle English nepe "turnip," from Old English næp, from Latin napus "turnip." The modern form of the word emerged late 18c.
turnip 双语例句
1. He was caricatured as a turnip.
在漫画里他被画成了一棵大头菜。
来自柯林斯例句
2. The turnip provides nutrition for you.
芜青为你提供营养.
来自《简明英汉词典》
3. The turnip provides nutrition for our body.
芜青为我们的身体提供营养。
来自辞典例句
4. This is turnip soup, made from real turnips.
这是大头菜汤, 用真正的大头菜做的.
来自电影对白
5. Spinach, egg - plant, cabbage, cauliflower, cucumber and turnip are our favorite vegetables.