baksheesh

英 [bæk'ʃiːʃ] 美[,bæk'ʃiʃ]
  • n. 津贴;小费

英英释义


1. a relatively small amount of money given for services rendered (as by a waiter)

实用场景例句


The porter expects baksheesh from you.
那脚夫期待你付小费.

辞典例句

中文词源


baksheesh 施舍,小费

来自士耳其语,字面意思即给,给予。

双语例句


1. The porter expects baksheesh from you.
那脚夫期待你付小费.

来自辞典例句

英文词源


baksheesh (n.)
1620s, in India, Egypt, etc., "a tip," from Persian bakhshish, literally "gift," from verb bakhshidan "to give" (also "to forgive"), from PIE root *bhag- "to share out, apportion, distribute" (see -phagous).