Слово англійською: towel
Іменник
Переклад towel українською: рушни́к, (ба́нний) рушни́к, прокла́дка, кухо́нний рушни́к
Детальний опис
- a piece of cloth or paper used for drying things, especially your body
- Help yourself to a clean towel.
- a hand/bath towel (= a small/large towel)
- a beach towel (= a large towel used for lying on in the sun)
- I got out of the pool and wrapped my towel around me.
- Pat the area dry with a clean towel.
see also paper towel, roller towel, sanitary towel, tea towelWord OriginMiddle English: from Old French toaille, of Germanic origin. The current sense of the verb dates from the mid 19th cent.
Idioms - (informal) to admit that you have been defeated and stop trying
- We're not going to throw in the towel just because we lost one game.
- (in boxing) to throw a towel into the ring as a sign that you admit that you have been defeated
- His corner threw in the towel near the end of the tenth round.