napkin• They can be neatly eaten with your hands-sometimes a napkin isn't even needed!• White tablecloths and black napkinsrolled and tucked with white paper napkins for a tuxedoappeal can only do so much.• Flora put her napkin on the table and left the room.• Her napkin was of puresilk with a neatly monogrammedcorner.• Ralph could only ogle, though, helpless with envy, as Grover baIled up his napkin.• I just took my napkin, filled it with all the coins I had won and tied the corners into a knot.• Luks would shout, drinking and sketching wildly on napkins, tablecloths, menus.• Thallium àlamode de Wimbledon, served in a little chinapot with a spray of basil and a clean table napkin.
Originnapkin
(1600-1700)nape“cloth”((1400-1500)), from Old French, from Latinmappa; → MAP1
ADJECTIVE | VERB + NAPKIN | NAPKIN + NOUNADJECTIVE➤folded叠好的餐巾➤table餐巾◇She dabbed her mouth with her table napkin.她用餐巾輕輕擦了擦嘴。➤cloth, linen, paper布餐巾;亞麻餐巾;餐巾紙▸➤cocktail (NAmE) 雞尾酒巾▸➤sanitary (NAmE) (sanitary towel in BrE)衞生巾VERB + NAPKIN➤fold, unfold摺叠/展開餐巾▸➤tuck掖好餐巾◇He tucked his napkin under his chin.他把餐巾掖到下巴底下。➤dab sth with, wipe sth on, wipe sth with用餐巾輕擦⋯;用餐巾擦拭⋯NAPKIN + NOUN➤holder, ring餐巾架;餐巾環◇napkin rings made of silver銀質餐巾環