bib: [16] The word bib is first mentioned in John Baret’s Quadruple dictionarie 1580, where it is described as being ‘for a child’s breast’. It appears to come from the now archaic verb bib (as in wine-bibber), perhaps from the notion that the bib protects the baby’s clothes as it drinks. The verb itself is possibly from Latin bibere ‘drink’, source of beer, beverage, bibulous, and imbibe. => beer, bibulous, imbibe
linen worn over the breast while eating, 1570s, from verb bibben "to drink" (late 14c.), imitative of lip sounds, or else from Latin bibere (see imbibe), but difficult now to say whether this is because it was worn while drinking or because it "soaked up" spills.
双语例句
1. The child beslobbered his bib.
孩子的口水把围嘴都弄湿了.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
2. The old child may use a bib with short ties.
较大的幼儿可用短带的围嘴.
来自辞典例句
3. The newly - weds are in their best bib and tucker.
