penchant
英 [?pen???]
美['pent??nt]
- n. 嗜好；傾向
GRETOEFL低頻詞擴展詞匯
中文詞源
penchant 愛好，嗜好
來自拉丁語*pendicare,懸掛，依靠，傾向，來自pendere,懸掛，詞源同pendant.引申詞義愛好，嗜好。字母d脫落。
英文詞源
- penchant
- penchant: see pendulum
- penchant (n.)
- 1670s, from French penchant, noun use of present participle of Old French pencher "to incline," from Vulgar Latin *pendicare, a frequentative formed from Latin pendere "to hang" (see pendant (n.)).
雙語例句
- 1. She has a penchant for champagne.
- 她酷愛香檳酒。
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
- 2. She has a penchant for Indian food.
- 她愛吃印度食物.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. He had a penchant for playing jokes on people.
- 他喜歡拿人開玩笑。
來自辭典例句
- 4. Despite her penchant for chitchat , Yvonne was no birdbrain, Martin discovered.
- 馬丁發(fā)現(xiàn), 盡管伊馮非常喜歡瞎聊,可她并不是沒頭腦.
來自辭典例句
- 5. He seems to have a penchant for my children.
- 他似乎很喜歡我的孩子們.
來自辭典例句