napkin

noun

/ˈnæpkɪn/

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(also table napkin)
a piece of cloth or paper used at meals for protecting your clothes and cleaning your lips and fingers餐巾；餐巾纸
synonym serviette
- He tucked his napkin under his chin.他把餐巾掖到下巴底下。
- She dabbed her mouth with her table napkin.她用餐巾轻轻擦了擦嘴。
- a napkin ring (= for holding a napkin when it is not in use) made of silver用银制成的餐巾环
Topics Cooking and eatingc1
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- folded
- table
- cloth
- …
verb + napkin
- fold
- unfold
- tuck
- …
napkin + noun
- holder
- ring
(also sanitary napkin (both North American English))
(also sanitary pad British and North American English)
(British English also sanitary towel)
a thick piece of soft material that a woman wears between her legs to hold blood during her period卫生巾；月经带
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- folded
- table
- cloth
- …
verb + napkin
- fold
- unfold
- tuck
- …
napkin + noun
- holder
- ring
(British English, old-fashioned or formal) a nappy (= a piece of soft cloth or other thick material that is folded around a baby’s bottom and between its legs to take in and hold its body waste) 餐巾纸：尿布

词源late Middle English: from Old French nappe ‘tablecloth’ (from Latin mappa ‘sheet, napkin’) + -kin.

词汇	napkin
释义	napkin noun /ˈnæpkɪn/ /ˈnæpkɪn/ enlarge image (also table napkin) a piece of cloth or paper used at meals for protecting your clothes and cleaning your lips and fingers餐巾；餐巾纸 synonym serviette He tucked his napkin under his chin.他把餐巾掖到下巴底下。 She dabbed her mouth with her table napkin.她用餐巾轻轻擦了擦嘴。 a napkin ring (= for holding a napkin when it is not in use) made of silver用银制成的餐巾环 Topics Cooking and eatingc1 Collocations Dictionaryadjective folded table cloth … verb + napkin fold unfold tuck … napkin + noun holder ring (also sanitary napkin (both North American English)) (also sanitary pad British and North American English) (British English also sanitary towel) a thick piece of soft material that a woman wears between her legs to hold blood during her period卫生巾；月经带 Collocations Dictionaryadjective folded table cloth … verb + napkin fold unfold tuck … napkin + noun holder ring (British English, old-fashioned or formal) a nappy (= a piece of soft cloth or other thick material that is folded around a baby’s bottom and between its legs to take in and hold its body waste) 餐巾纸：尿布词源late Middle English: from Old French nappe ‘tablecloth’ (from Latin mappa ‘sheet, napkin’) + -kin.
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