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bonnyclabber的意思

bonnyclabber

英 ['bn,klb] 美
  • n.
    • = clabber
    • = cottage cheese [亦作 bonnyclapper]

bonnyclabber

英文词源


bonnyclabber (n.)
1620s (in shortened form clabber), from Modern Irish bainne "milk" (from Middle Irish banne "drop," also, rarely, "milk"; cognate with Sanskrit bindu- "drop") + claba "thick." Compare Irish and Gaelic clabar "mud," which sometimes has made its way into English (Yeats, etc.).