parsnip: [14] The Romans called the ‘parsnip’ (and the ‘carrot’) pastināca. This was a derivative of pastinum, a term for a sort of small two-pronged fork, inspired no doubt by the forked appearance of some examples of the vegetable. In Old French the word had become pasnaie, but when English took it over, it altered the final syllable to -nep, under the influence of Middle English nep ‘turnip’ (source of the second syllable of turnip).
parsnip (n.)
16c., parsnepe, corruption (by influence of Middle English nepe "turnip;" see neep) of Middle English passenep (late 14c.), from Old French pasnaise "parsnip," also "male member" (Modern French panais), from Latin pastinaca "parsnip, carrot," from pastinum "two-pronged fork" (related to pastinare "to dig up the ground"); so called from the shape of the root. The parsnip was considered a kind of turnip.
雙語例句
1. This dish of parsnip tastes strange.
這盤歐防風(fēng)做的菜味道很怪.
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2. Fine word butter no parsnip.
好話難充饑.
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3. A seed may grow or not grow , but any rate a turnip seed a parsnip.
種子也許會發(fā)芽,也許不會, 但一顆蕪菁種子絕不會長成防風(fēng)草.
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4. Parsnip ( Pastinacasativa ) and Fangfeng ( Saposhnikovia divaricata ) belong to two different genera under Umbelliferae.