spinach: [16] The ultimate origin of the word spinach is Persian aspanākh, which passed via Arabic isfināj, medieval Latin spinachia, and Spanish espinaca into Old French as espinache. Middle Dutch borrowed this as spinaetse, the probable source of English spinach. It has been speculated that the change of form from Arabic to Latin may have been partly motivated by the ‘spiny’ seeds of certain types of spinach.
spinach (n.)
c. 1400 (late 13c. as a surname), from Anglo-French spinache, Old French espinache (14c., Modern French épinard, from a form with a different suffix), from Old Provençal espinarc, which perhaps is via Catalan espinac, from Andalusian Arabic isbinakh, from Arabic isbanakh, from Persian aspanakh "spinach." But OED is not convinced the Middle Eastern words are native, and based on the plethora of Romanic forms pronounces the origin "doubtful."
Popeye, the spinach-eating superman, debuted in 1929. Old folk etymology connected the word with Latin spina (see spine) or with Medieval Latin Hispanicum olus. For pronunciation, see cabbage. In 1930s colloquial American English, it had a sense of "nonsense, rubbish," based on a famous "New Yorker" cartoon of Dec. 8, 1928. Related: spinaceous.
spinach 英文释义
1. southwestern Asian plant widely cultivated for its succulent edible dark green leaves
2. dark green leaves; eaten cooked or raw in salads
spinach 双语例句
1. Eating spinach is supposed to make you strong.
据说吃菠菜能使人强壮.
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2. The spinach is shrivelled up.
菠菜蔫了.
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3. You should eat such vegetables as carrot, celery and spinach.
你应该吃胡萝卜 、 芹菜和菠菜这类的蔬菜.
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4. The transacetylase system was also present in spinach leaves.
在菠菜叶片中也存在着转乙酰酶系统.
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5. Either you eat your spinach or you go without ice - cream.
你要么把菠菜吃了,要么你不吃冰淇淋.
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spinach 实用场景例句
Eating spinach is supposed to make you strong.
据说吃菠菜能使人强壮.
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The spinach is shrivelled up.
菠菜蔫了.
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You should eat such vegetables as carrot, celery and spinach.
你应该吃胡萝卜 、 芹菜和菠菜这类的蔬菜.
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The transacetylase system was also present in spinach leaves.
在菠菜叶片中也存在着转乙酰酶系统.
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Either you eat your spinach or you go without ice - cream.
你要么把菠菜吃了,要么你不吃冰淇淋.
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Beet tops are somewhat like spinach.
甜菜叶子有点像菠菜.
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Spinach is a leafy vegetable.
菠菜是多叶蔬菜.
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Spinach, egg - plant, cabbage, cauliflower, cucumber and turnip are our favorite vegetables.
菠菜, 茄子, 卷心菜, 花椰菜, 黄瓜,和萝卜都是我们喜欢吃的蔬菜.
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Corinna: Spinach! That's a vegetable. I don't believe it.
科琳娜: 菠菜! 那是一种蔬菜, 我不信.
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There's chocolate and peppermint and also spinach, liver and tripe.
有巧克力和薄荷口味,也有菠菜 、 肝脏口味,还有牛肚口味.
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I'll have the green peas instead of the spinach.
我想要份青豆而不是菠菜.
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I don't like spinach even though I know it's good for me.
我不喜欢菠菜,即使我知道它对我很有好处.
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Spinach with bean curd is one of my favourite dishes.
菠菜豆腐是我最爱吃的一种菜.
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She likes to have field mint ice - cream and spinach.
她喜欢吃薄荷冰淇淋和菠菜.
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Popeye the sailorman eats spinach to make him strong.
