toupee
英 ['tuːpeɪ]
美[tu'pe]
- n. 假发；男子假发
词态变化
复数: toupees;
助记提示
1. 谐音“头皮”。
中文词源
toupee 男用遮秃假发
来自法语 toupet,前额，一绺头发，来自古法语 top,前额，发髻，词源同 top,顶部，顶端。后 过渡到现在的词义。
英英释意
- 1. a small hairpiece to cover partial baldness
英文词源
- toupée
- toupée: see top
- toupee (n.)
- 1727, from French toupet "tuft of hair, forelock," diminutive formed from Old French top "tuft, forelock, topknot" (12c.), from Frankish *top or another Germanic source related to top (n.1) "highest point." Originally an artificial curl or lock on the top of the head; a style, not necessarily a compensation for baldness. In 18c., also sometimes used of a person who wears a toupee. Slang short form toup is recorded from 1959.
实用场景例句
- His toupee dropped off, revealing his bald head.
- 他的假发掉了，露出了光头。
柯林斯例句
- When he grew bald he bought a toupee.
- 头发掉了后,他买了一顶假发.
《简明英汉词典》
- One more thing: While I was writing that last paragraph, the nurse straightened my toupee.
- 还有件事: 我写最后一段的时候, 护士正了正我的假发.
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