pancake
n.
early 15c. (late 13c. as a surname), from pan, n. + cake, n.; as symbol of flatness c.1600.
v.
"to squeeze flat," 1879, from pancake, n.. Later, of aircraft, "to fall flat" (1911), with figurative extension. Related: Pancaked; pancaking.
| 词汇 | pancake |
| 词根词缀 | Online Etymology Dictionary pancake n. early 15c. (late 13c. as a surname), from pan, n. + cake, n.; as symbol of flatness c.1600. v. "to squeeze flat," 1879, from pancake, n.. Later, of aircraft, "to fall flat" (1911), with figurative extension. Related: Pancaked; pancaking. |
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