mitten: [14] Etymologically, a mitten is ‘half a glove’. The word comes via Old French mitaine from Vulgar Latin *medietāna ‘cut off in the middle’ (originally an adjective, and applied to gloves, but subsequently used independently as a noun meaning ‘cut-off glove’). This in turn came from Latin medietās ‘half’ (source of English moiety [15]), a derivative of medius ‘middle’ (source of English medium). The abbreviated mitt dates from the 18th century. => medium, moiety
mitten (n.)
late 14c., from Old French mitaine "mitten, half-glove" (12c.), from Old French mite "mitten," and from Medieval Latin mitta, which are perhaps from Middle High German mittemo, Old High German mittamo "middle, midmost" (reflecting notion of "half-glove"), or from Vulgar Latin *medietana "divided in the middle," from Latin medius (see medial (adj.)).
雙語例句
1. There is a hole in the thumb of his mitten.
他的手套的拇指上有個洞.
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2. One red mitten lying lost under a poplar tree.
一只紅色小貓迷惘地躺在白楊樹下.
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3. She has given her ex - boyfriend the mitten and married an old man.
她拒絕她以前的男朋友而嫁給了一個老頭子.
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4. This paper analyzed abnomml pink and yellowish brown hatching eggs of Chinese mitten crab , Edriocheir sinensis.
本文對中華絨螯蟹抱卵顏色為異常的粉紅色與上黃色進(jìn)行了分析.
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5. Apron, Oven Mitten, Pot Holder, Napkin , Table Cloth, Tea Towel, Home and Kitchen Textile Products.