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tampion是什么意思

tampion

英 ['tæmpɪən]
  • n. 塞子;炮栓;枪口盖

中文词源


tampion 塞子,炮栓

来自中古法语 tampon,塞子,栓子。

英文词源


tampion (n.)
early 15c., "plug, bung," from Middle French tampon (15c.), nasalized variant of Old French tapon "piece of cloth to stop a hole" (14c.), a suffixed form of Frankish *tappo "stopper, plug," related to Old High German zapfo and Old English tæppa "stopper" (see tap (n.1)). Meaning "wooden plug for the muzzle of a gun" (to keep out rain or seawater) is recorded from 1620s.

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