coif 词态变化
第三人称单数: coifs;过去式: coifed; coiffed;过去分词: coifed; coiffed;现在分词: coifing; coiffing;
coif 英文词源
- coif (n.)
- late 13c., "close-fitting cap," from Old French coife "skull-cap, cap worn under a helmet, headgear" (12c., Modern French coiffe), from Late Latin coifa "a cap, hood" (source of Italian cuffia, Spanish cofia, escofia), of West Germanic origin (compare Old High German kupphia, Middle High German kupfe "cap").
- coif (v.)
- mid-15c., "to cover with a cap," from Middle French coiffer, from Old French coife (see coif (n.)); sense of "to arrange the hair" is attested in English from 1835. Related: Coifed; coifing.
coif 英文释义
- 1. a skullcap worn by nuns under a veil or by soldiers under a hood of mail or formerly by British sergeants-at-law
