knead
- vt.
- 揉，按摩，捏
中文释义来自 ECDICT
knead1词源 1
/niːd/
词源链
- 英语English
knead
词源说明
From Middle English kneden, from Old English cnedan, from Proto-West Germanic *knedan, from Proto-Germanic *knudaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gnet- (“to press together”).
释义
动词verb
- 1transitiveTo work and press into a mass, usually with the hands; especially, to work, as by repeated pressure with the knuckles, into a well mixed mass, the materials of bread, cake, etc.
- 2transitive, figurativelyTo treat or form as if by kneading; to beat.
- 3intransitive, felinologyOf cats, to make an alternating pressing motion with the two front paws.
- 4
knead2词源 2
/nɛd/
释义
动词verb
- 1obsoletesimple past and past participle of knead