"head and neck covering for women," formerly worn out of doors and especially by nuns, Old English wimpel, from Proto-Germanic *wimpilaz (cognates: Old Saxon wimpal, Old Frisian wimpel, Middle Dutch, Dutch wimpel, Old High German wimpal, German wimpel, Old Norse vimpill), of obscure origin. Old French guimple (French guimpe) is from Germanic.
雙語例句
1. The black wimple enhanced the whiteness of her skin.
黑色的包頭巾使她的皮膚顯得更加白皙.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
2. Never can one find a single wimple on this cloak.
從來沒人能從這件斗篷上找到一個褶.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
3. Never could one find a single wimple on this cloak.