towel

noun · verbA2

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

towels

1.
A cloth used for wiping, especially one used for drying anything wet, such as a person after a bath.
He needed a towel for wiping the slippery floor.

Động từ

verb

V_es/s

towels

V_ing/Gerund

toweling

V_ed/pp

towellingtoweled

1.
(transitive)To dry by using a towel.
He got out of the shower and toweled himself dry.
2.
(transitive)To hit with a towel.
3.
(transitive)To block up (a door, etc.) with a towel, to conceal the fumes of a recreational drug.
4.
(UK, dialectal, obsolete, transitive)(UK, dialect, obsolete, transitive) To beat with a stick, or "oaken towel".

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English towayle, towel, towail, towaille, from Old French toaille (towel) (modern touaille), toallia, from *þwahilu (cloth), from Proto-Germanic *þwahaną (to wash). Cognate with dwahila towel (modern dialectal Zwehle), dwaal towel, dweil (mop), Dweel towel, þwǣle, þwēan to wash.