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escallop的意思

escallop

英 [ɪ'skæləp; e-; -'skɒl-]
  • n. 海扇贝;贝壳;扇贝形物体
  • vt. 使成扇贝形;把…切成薄片;烘烤;捕捞扇贝(等于scollop)

escallop

英文词源


escallop (n.)
"scallop shell," also "edge or border cut in the shape of scallops," late 15c., from Middle French escalope "shell," Old French eschalope "shell (of a nut), carapace," from a Germanic source (see scallop). For initial e-, see e-. As a verb from c. 1600 in escalloped "having the border or edge cut out in scallops."