英语词典 · 单词释义
penchant
英 [ˈpenʃɒŋ] 美 ['pentʃənt]
这里集中整理“penchant”的音标、翻译、词源、例句和近反义词，方便快速确认词义并顺手做词汇积累。
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词义详解
翻译 · 词源 · 例句- n. 嗜好；倾向
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词源 · 例句 · 用法中文词源
penchant 爱好，嗜好
来自拉丁语*pendicare,悬挂，依靠，倾向，来自pendere,悬挂，词源同pendant.引申词义爱好，嗜好。字母d脱落。
英文词源
- 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.)).
双语例句
- 1. She has a penchant for champagne.
- 她酷爱香槟酒。
来自《权威词典》
- 2. She has a penchant for Indian food.
- 她爱吃印度食物.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. He had a penchant for playing jokes on people.
- 他喜欢拿人开玩笑。
来自辞典例句
- 4. Despite her penchant for chitchat , Yvonne was no birdbrain, Martin discovered.
- 马丁发现, 尽管伊冯非常喜欢瞎聊,可她并不是没头脑.
来自辞典例句
- 5. He seems to have a penchant for my children.
- 他似乎很喜欢我的孩子们.
来自辞典例句