teat
/tiːt/
- n.
- 奶头
中文释义来自 ECDICT
词源链
- 英语English
teat
词源说明
From Middle English tete, from Old French tete (“teat”) (compare French tette), from Frankish *tittā, *tittō, from Proto-Germanic *tittaz (“teat; nipple; breast”), ultimately of expressive origin. Compare Old High German zizza ("teat"; modern German Zitze), whence also Italian zizza (“teat”).
It heavily displaced Old English titt, a cognate of the same origin, which survives as tit, but in more vulgar use. Compare Dutch tiet and German Zitze (“teat”).
释义
名词noun
- 1(anatomy) The projection of a mammary gland from which, on female therian mammals, milk is secreted.
- 2Something resembling a teat, such as a small protuberance or nozzle.