
pate(名词):(较正式/文雅)头顶;头部,尤指头顶或脑袋。(另有较少见义:一种抹酱 pté,为法语借词,拼写带重音符号,含义不同。)
/pet/
His hat flew off, and the sun beat down on his bare pate.
他的帽子被风吹飞了,太阳直晒着他光秃的头顶。
She scratched her pate as she tried to recall the professor’s exact words, then finally wrote the answer in her notebook.
她一边挠着头顶努力回想教授的原话,一边终于把答案写进了笔记本。
pate 表示“头顶/脑袋”,来自中古英语,可能与拉丁语系中表示“盘子、薄片”等概念相关,后来引申为“头骨顶端”这一形象意义。在现代英语里它带有一点书面或幽默的语感。