as a type of women's tall dressed hair or wig, 1756, from French tête "head," Old French teste, from Latin testa, literally "piece of earthenware, tile, potsherd; earthen pot, pitcher, jug; shell of shellfish," related to Latin testudo "tortoise" and texere "to weave" (compare Lithuanian ti?tas "vessel made of willow twigs;" see texture (n.)).
The "head" sense arose in Vulgar Latin, perhaps as a humorous use of the "jug, pot" meaning, or via Late Latin use of testa as "skull," from testa (capitis) "shell (of the head)." Compare German Kopf "head" from the root of English cup (n.).
雙語例句
1. A whole day's tete - a tete between two women can never end without a quarrel.
兩個女人成天在一塊兒談心,到頭來沒有不吵架的.
來自辭典例句
2. Shanghai E - Er Tete packaging technology investment and production in 2000.
上海鄂爾特特包裝技術(shù)公司于2000年投資生產(chǎn).
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3. And there are signs that Tete's poorer residents resent the disruption.
有跡象顯示,太特較貧窮的居民反對這場破壞.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
4. The two women had a tete - a - tete in the corner.
兩名婦女在角落里私下談話.
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5. Nonetheless, even before production has started, Tete's infrastructure is creaking.