three-legged iron stand, 12c., trefet, probably from a noun use of Latin tripedem (nominative tripes) "three-footed," from tri- "three" (see three) + pes "foot," from PIE root *ped- (1) "a foot" (see foot (n.)).
雙語例句
1. Next, we turned down the Congressman's son and the Governor's -- right as a trivet, I confess it.
再往后, 咱們又沒看上眾議員和州長家的公子 —— 我承認(rèn)這也沒有什么不妥.
來自英漢文學(xué) - 三萬元遺產(chǎn)
2. He went to bed as as a trivet. Shall I run up and look at him?
他去睡覺時是很好的呀, 要我上樓去看看他 嗎 ?
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
3. Joan was feverish last night, but she is as right as a trivet his morning.