• adj. 脆的；新鮮的；易碎的
• vt. 使卷曲；使發脆
• vi. 卷曲；發脆
• n. 松脆物；油炸馬鈴薯片
• n. (Crisp)人名；(英)克里斯普

來自PIE*sker, 轉，彎，詞源同ring, curly. 詞義由轉，彎外延至卷，脆。

crisp

crisp: [OE] Historically, crisp means ‘curly’. It was borrowed into Old English from Latin crispus ‘curled’ (which was also the source of French crêpe, acquired by English as crape in the 17th century and then reborrowed in the original French form in the 19th century). The reason for the emergence of the word’s modern sense ‘brittle’, which happened in the early 16th century, is not clear, it may simply be that the sound of the word suggested brittleness.
=> crape, crêpe

crisp (adj.)

Old English crisp "curly," from Latin crispus "curled, wrinkled, having curly hair," from PIE root *(s)ker- (3) "to turn, bend" (see ring (n.)). It began to mean "brittle" 1520s, for obscure reasons, perhaps based on what happens to flat things when they are cooked. Figurative sense of "neat, brisk" is from 1814; perhaps a separate word. As a noun, from late 14c. Potato crisps (the British version of U.S. potato chips) is from 1929.

crisp (v.)

late 14c., "to curl," from crisp (adj.). Meaning "to become brittle" is from 1805. Related: Crisped; crisping.

1. The potato cakes should be crisp outside and meltingly soft inside.

土豆餅應該外面酥脆,里面嫩軟.

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2. The air was thin and crisp, filled with hazy sunshine and frost.

空氣稀薄清新，其間日光蒙眬，寒氣逼人。

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3. Her house is light and airy, crisp and clean.

她的房子光線充足，空氣流通，清新整潔。

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4. He wore a panama hat and a crisp white suit.

他戴著一頂巴拿馬草帽，穿著一身挺括的白西裝。

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5. "Very well," I said, adopting a crisp authoritative tone.

“很好，”我用干脆的命令性的語氣說道。

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