penchant

• n. 嗜好；倾向

来自拉丁语*pendicare,悬挂，依靠，倾向，来自pendere,悬挂，词源同pendant.引申词义爱好，嗜好。字母d脱落。

penchant

penchant: see pendulum

penchant (n.)

1670s, from French penchant, noun use of present participle of Old French pencher "to incline," from Vulgar Latin *pendicare, a frequentative formed from Latin pendere "to hang" (see pendant (n.)).

1. She has a penchant for champagne.

她酷爱香槟酒。

来自《权威词典》

2. She has a penchant for Indian food.

她爱吃印度食物.

来自《简明英汉词典》

3. He had a penchant for playing jokes on people.

他喜欢拿人开玩笑。

来自辞典例句

4. Despite her penchant for chitchat , Yvonne was no birdbrain, Martin discovered.

马丁发现, 尽管伊冯非常喜欢瞎聊,可她并不是没头脑.

来自辞典例句

5. He seems to have a penchant for my children.

他似乎很喜欢我的孩子们.

来自辞典例句