satchel: [14] A satchel is etymologically a ‘small sack’ or bag. The word comes via Old French sachel from Latin saccellus, a diminutive form of saccus ‘bag’ (source of English sack). Its specific application to a ‘bag for carrying school books’ emerged in the mid 16th century, and is reflected by Shakespeare in Jaques’s ‘Seven ages of man’ speech in As You Like It 1600: ‘And then the whining schoolboy, with his satchel and shining morning face, creeping like snail unwillingly to school’. => sachet, sack
satchel (n.)
"small bag," mid-14c., from Old French sachel, from Late Latin saccellum "money bag, purse," diminutive of Latin sacculus, diminutive of saccus "bag" (see sack (n.1)).
雙語例句
1. The school boy opened the door and flung his satchel in.
那個男學生打開門,把他的書包甩了進去.
來自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
2. He carried his books in his school satchel.
他用書包攜帶課本.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
3. He carefully balanced the satchel so that its contents would not spill out onto the floor.
他仔細地把小背包放好，不讓里面的東西掉到地板上。
來自柯林斯例句
4. ' she opened her satchel and took out her father's gloves.