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A big, heavy beer mug — the classic German kind, with a handle, often made of pottery, often with pictures of villages or hunting scenes, and sometimes with a metal lid on a hinge that you flip open with your thumb. A stein holds a lot: half a litre or a whole litre.
A big, heavy beer mug一個又大又重的啤酒杯——the classic German kind經典的德式款, with a handle有握把, often常常 made of pottery是陶製的, often常常 decorated with pictures裝飾著圖案 of villages or hunting scenes村莊或狩獵場景, and而且 sometimes有時 with a metal lid有個金屬蓋子 on a hinge裝在鉸鏈上 that你用大拇指 you flip open with your thumb一撥就打開。A stein一個stein杯 holds能裝 a lot很多: half a litre半公升 or或 a whole litre一整公升。
English speakers use the word mainly for the German or Bavarian style of mug, especially in connection with Oktoberfest, beer halls, and people bring home from Germany. It is also a collector's word — people collect antique steins.
English speakers說英文的人 use the word用這個字 mainly主要 for the German or Bavarian style指德國或巴伐利亞風格 of mug的啤酒杯, especially尤其 in connection with跟 Oktoberfest, beer halls, and souvenirs慕尼黑啤酒節、啤酒屋,以及紀念品 people bring home from Germany人們從德國帶回家的有關。It它 is also也是 a collector's word一個收藏用語——people人們 collect收藏 antique steins古董啤酒杯。
In America it stretches a little further and can mean any large beer mug. If you are drinking beer in a plain glass, that is a glass, not a stein.
In America在美國, it這個字 stretches a little further意思延伸得更廣 and而且 can可以 mean any large decorated beer mug指任何大型有裝飾的啤酒杯。If如果 you你 are drinking beer用的是 in a plain glass一個素面玻璃杯喝啤酒, that那 is就是 a glass普通玻璃杯, not a stein不是stein。
Pronounced to rhyme with 'nine' (STINE), not 'seen'. Note also that Stein is a very common German and Jewish surname, which is why you meet it as a person's name too.
Pronounced發音上 to rhyme with跟'nine'押韻 'nine' (STINE)(唸作STINE), not而不是 'seen' 'seen'那個音。Note也要注意 also that Stein Stein is是 a very common一個非常常見的 German and Jewish surname德國和猶太姓氏, which這也是為什麼 is why你會 you meet it遇到它 as a person's name當成人名 too也。
組成From German Stein, meaning 'stone' — probably shortened from Steingut (stoneware) or Steinkrug (stone jug), because the mugs were made of stoneware. It is a doublet of the English word 'stone': the same ancient word, arriving twice by different routes.
同家族的字
- stonethe same old Germanic word — English kept 'stone', German turned it into Stein, and English later borrowed Stein back for the mug
原始詞典資料8 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Steinname
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A surname originating as a patronymic from a Scots diminutive of Stephen.
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A surname from German Stein.
- Elisheva Baskin and Michael Stein are to be married Sunday evening at the Palisadium, an event space in Cliffside Park, N.J. Rabbi Yaacov Love is to officiate.
- “Sunlight tends to make it a little better,” Stein said. “When people are more covered up in clothing like they are in the fall and the winter, some people’s psoriasis gets worse.”
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A male given name from Norwegian.
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A place in Switzerland:
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A place in Switzerland:
steinnoun/staɪn/
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A beer mug, usually made of ceramic or glass.
- So this was my future home, I thought! Certainly it made a brave picture. I had seen similar ones fired-in on many a Heidelberg stein—coloring and all. Backed by towering hills,[…]a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams.
- A gnome-size German civilian with a red von Hindenburg mustache is dispensing steins of what looks to be mostly head.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。