| 单词 | pretzel |
| 释义 | pretzeln. 椒盐卷饼, (美)(非正式)法国号 pretzel pret.zel AHD: [prµt“s…l] D.J. [6prets*l]K.K. [6prWts*l]n.（名词）A glazed, brittle biscuit that is salted on the outside and usually baked in the form of a loose knot or a stick.椒盐卷饼：外表面加盐，浇过糖浆的脆饼，常打成松散的节状或棍状后烧烤语源:1. German Brezel, Pretzel 德语 Brezel, Pretzel 2. from Middle High German br¶zel, pr¶zel 源自 中古高地德语 br¶zel, pr¶zel 3. from Old High German brezitella 源自 古高地德语 brezitella 4. from Medieval Latin *br³chitellum 源自 中世纪拉丁语 *br³chitellum 5. diminutive of Latin bracchi³tus [branched] 拉丁语 bracchi³tus的小后缀 [分叉的] 6. from bracchium [arm] 源自 bracchium [手臂，臂状物] 7. from Greek brakhi½n [upper arm] * see mregh-u- 源自 希腊语 brakhi½n [上肢] *参见 mregh-u- 注释:It is probably well known or widely assumed thatpretzel is a German word, since the food seems traditionally German, but the word ultimately has a Latin origin.The German wordBrezel or Pretzel, which was borrowed into English (first being recorded in American English in a newspaper of March 1856) goes back to the assumed Medieval Latin word br³chitellum. This would accord with the storythat a monk living in France or northern Italy first created the knotted shape of a pretzel,even though this type of biscuit had been enjoyed by the Romans.The monk wanted to symbolize arms folded in a prayer,hence the name derived from Latinbracchi³tus, “having branches,” itself frombracchium, “branch, arm.” 可能象大家所熟知的或认定的那样，因为这种食品好象是德国的传统食品，所以大家认为pretzel 是个德语词， 但实际上这个词源于拉丁语。德语词Brezel 或 Pretzel 被借入英语（首次以美式英语记录于1856年3月的新闻报刊）可追溯到中世纪的拉丁词 brachitellum 。 这可能是与这个故事是一致的：一位住在法国或意大利北部的修士首创了这种节状的椒盐饼，尽管这种饼干很受罗马人的欢迎。那位修士想要象征祈祷者交叠的手臂，因此这个名字来源于拉丁语bracchiatus， 意为“有枝干的，” 该词本身又是由bracchium “枝干，手臂”演变而来的 |
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