名詞 pretzel:

1. glazed and salted cracker typically in the shape of a loose knot

pret.zel

n.（名詞）
A glazed, brittle biscuit that is salted on the outside and usually baked in the form of a loose knot or a stick.
椒鹽卷餅：外表面加鹽，澆過糖漿的脆餅，常打成松散的節(jié)狀或棍狀后燒烤

來源：
German Brezel, Pretzel
德語 Brezel, Pretzel
from Middle High German brôzel, prôzel
源自 中古高地德語 brôzel, prôzel
from Old High German brezitella
源自 古高地德語 brezitella
from Medieval Latin *br3chitellum
源自 中世紀(jì)拉丁語 *br3chitellum
diminutive of Latin bracchi3tus [branched]
拉丁語 bracchi3tus的小后綴 [分叉的]
from bracchium [arm]
源自 bracchium [手臂，臂狀物]
from Greek brakhiôn [upper arm] * see mregh-u-
源自 希臘語 brakhiôn [上肢] *參見 mregh-u-

<注釋>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 85') goes back to the assumed Medieval Latin word br3chitellum. 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 Latinbracchi3tus, .having branches,. itself frombracchium, .branch, arm..
可能象大家所熟知的或認(rèn)定的那樣，因為這種食品好象是德國的傳統(tǒng)食品，所以大家認(rèn)為pretzel 是個德語詞， 但實際上這個詞源于拉丁語。德語詞Brezel 或 Pretzel 被借入英語（首次以美式英語記錄于85'年3月的新聞報刊）可追溯到中世紀(jì)的拉丁詞 brachitellum 。 這可能是與這個故事是一致的：一位住在法國或意大利北部的修士首創(chuàng)了這種節(jié)狀的椒鹽餅，盡管這種餅干很受羅馬人的歡迎。那位修士想要象征祈禱者交疊的手臂，因此這個名字來源于拉丁語bracchiatus， 意為.有枝干的，. 該詞本身又是由bracchium .枝干，手臂.演變而來的