thatch: [OE] To thatch a building is etymologically to ‘cover’ it; the notion of ‘straw’ is a secondary development. The word goes back ultimately to the Indo-European base *tog-, *teg- ‘cover’ (source also of English detect, integument, protect, tile, and toga). Its Germanic descendant was *thak- (source of German dach ‘roof’ and English deck). From this was derived *thakjan, which gave English thatch. => deck, detect, integument, protect, thug, tile, toga
thatch (v.)
late 14c., thecchen, from Old English þeccan "to cover, cover over, conceal," in late Old English specifically "cover the roof of a house," related to þæc "roof, thatching material," from Proto-Germanic *thakan (cognates: Old Saxon thekkian, Old Norse þekja, Old Frisian thekka, Middle Dutch decken, Dutch dekken, Old High German decchen, German decken "to cover"), from PIE *(s)teg- (2) "to cover" (see stegosaurus).
thatch (n.)
Old English þæc "roof, thatch, cover of a building," from the source of thatch (v.). Compare Old Norse þak, Old Frisian thek, Swedish tak, Danish tag, Middle Dutch, Dutch dak "roof," Old High German dah "covering, cover," German Dach "roof."
双语例句
1. Teddy ran thick fingers through his unruly thatch of hair.
特迪用自己的粗手指头捋了一下浓密蓬乱的头发。
来自柯林斯例句
2. Thatch is naturally warm in winter and cool in summer.
茅草料天生冬暖夏凉。
来自柯林斯例句
3. a roof made of thatch
茅草屋顶
来自《权威词典》
4. They would live in a small house with a green door and a new thatch.
他们将住在一所新苫顶的绿门小房子里。
来自柯林斯例句
5. They lit a torch and set fire to the chapel's thatch.