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pret·zel AHD[prĕtʹsəl] D.J.[ˈpretsəl]K.K.[ˈprɛtsəl]n.（名词）  pretzel- A glazed, brittle biscuit that is salted on the outside and usually baked in the form of a loose knot or a stick.椒盐卷饼：外表面加盐，浇过糖浆的脆饼，常打成松散的节状或棍状后烧烤
- German Brezel, Pretzel 德语 Brezel, Pretzel
- from Middle High German brēzel, prēzel 源自 中古高地德语 brēzel, prēzel
- from Old High German brezitella 源自 古高地德语 brezitella
- from Medieval Latin *brāchitellum 源自 中世纪拉丁语 *brāchitellum
- diminutive of Latin bracchiātus [branched] 拉丁语 bracchiātus的小后缀 [分叉的]
- from bracchium [arm] 源自 bracchium [手臂，臂状物]
- from Greek brakhiōn [upper arm] * see mregh-u- 源自 希腊语 brakhiōn [上肢] * 参见 mregh-u-
注释- It is probably well known or widely assumed thatpretzel is a German word, since the food seems traditionally German, but the word ultimately has a Latin origin.The German wordBrezel or Pretzel, which was borrowed into English (first being recorded in American English in a newspaper of March 1856) goes back to the assumed Medieval Latin word brāchitellum. This would accord with the storythat a monk living in France or northern Italy first created the knotted shape of a pretzel,even though this type of biscuit had been enjoyed by the Romans.The monk wanted to symbolize arms folded in a prayer,hence the name derived from Latinbracchiātus, "having branches,” itself frombracchium, "branch, arm.” 可能象大家所熟知的或认定的那样，因为这种食品好象是德国的传统食品，所以大家认为pretzel 是个德语词， 但实际上这个词源于拉丁语。德语词Brezel 或 Pretzel 被借入英语（首次以美式英语记录于1856年3月的新闻报刊）可追溯到中世纪的拉丁词 brachitellum 。 这可能是与这个故事是一致的：一位住在法国或意大利北部的修士首创了这种节状的椒盐饼，尽管这种饼干很受罗马人的欢迎。那位修士想要象征祈祷者交叠的手臂，因此这个名字来源于拉丁语bracchiatus， 意为“有枝干的，” 该词本身又是由bracchium “枝干，手臂”演变而来的
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