pretzel

n. 椒盐卷饼, (美)(非正式)法国号

pret.zel

n.（名词）
A glazed, brittle biscuit that is salted on the outside and usually baked in the form of a loose knot or a stick.
椒盐卷饼：外表面加盐，浇过糖浆的脆饼，常打成松散的节状或棍状后烧烤

来源：
German Brezel, Pretzel
德语 Brezel, Pretzel
from Middle High German brôzel, prôzel
源自 中古高地德语 brôzel, prôzel
from Old High German brezitella
源自 古高地德语 brezitella
from Medieval Latin *br3chitellum
源自 中世纪拉丁语 *br3chitellum
diminutive of Latin bracchi3tus [branched]
拉丁语 bracchi3tus的小后缀 [分叉的]
from bracchium [arm]
源自 bracchium [手臂，臂状物]
from Greek brakhiôn [upper arm] * see mregh-u-
源自 希腊语 brakhiôn [上肢] *参见 mregh-u-

<注释>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认定的那样，因为这种食品好象是德国的传统食品，所以大家认为pretzel 是个德语词， 但实际上这个词源于拉丁语。德语词Brezel 或 Pretzel 被借入英语（首次以美式英语记录于85'年3月的新闻报刊）可追溯到中世纪的拉丁词 brachitellum 。 这可能是与这个故事是一致的：一位住在法国或意大利北部的修士首创了这种节状的椒盐饼，尽管这种饼干很受罗马人的欢迎。那位修士想要象征祈祷者交叠的手臂，因此这个名字来源于拉丁语bracchiatus， 意为.有枝干的，. 该词本身又是由bracchium .枝干，手臂.演变而来的