crate

英 [kreɪt]美 [kret]
  • n. 板条箱；篓
  • vt. 将某物装入大木箱或板条箱中
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助记提示

1. 谐音“靠篓拖、客篓特、靠篓套、靠篓淘、靠篓逃”。
2. crate => grate（格栅、炉栅 ）。
3. cradle, cart => crate.
4. cradle => cart (音位变换) <====> hurdle.

中文词源

crate 板条箱

来自PIE*sker, 转，弯，编织，词源同cradle, crib. 原指篮子。

英文词源

crate
crate: [17] Crate is usually connected with Latin crātis ‘hurdle’, making it a relative of grate, griddle, and grill(e), and indeed an isolated example of crate in the early 16th century, which unequivocally means ‘hurdle’, certainly must come from that source. However, the main body of evidence for crate begins in the late 17th century, and its meaning, ‘large case or box’, is sufficiently far from ‘hurdle’ to raise doubts about its origins. Another possible source that has been suggested is Dutch krat ‘basket’.
=> grate, griddle, grill
crate (n.)
"large box," 1680s, earlier "hurdle, grillwork" (late 14c.), from Latin cratis "wickerwork, lattice, kitchen-rack," or from Dutch krat "basket;" both perhaps from a common PIE root *kert- "to turn, entwine" (see hurdle (n.)).
crate (v.)
"to put in a crate," 1871, from crate (n.). Related: Crated; crating.

双语例句

1. a crate of bananas
一箱香蕉
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2. We broke open the crate with a blow from the chopper.
我们用斧头一敲就打开了板条箱.
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3. The workers tightly packed the goods in the crate.
工人们把货物严紧地包装在箱子里.
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4. The cat was sitting on an upturned crate.
猫儿蹲坐在倒放的板条箱上.
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5. Someone has stuck a label on the crate.
有人在板条箱上贴了标签.
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