Recent Examples on the WebBusiness plans can be one page or even written on a napkin. Expert Panel, Forbes, 30 June 2022 The race started as a dream put down on a paper napkin and has been running since 1999 outside of 2020's coronavirus pandemic pause. Scott Springer, The Enquirer, 31 Oct. 2021 Genco, who wiped away stray tears with her napkin, felt nervous yet incredibly grateful ahead of the glowing presentation dedicated to her. Heran Mamo, Billboard, 2 Apr. 2022 My back-of-the-napkin estimate is that GERM would need about 3,000 full-time employees. Bill Gates, WSJ, 28 Apr. 2022 Simply tying a strip of colorful bandana around a flatware and a napkin adds instant flare to a table set for a 4th celebration! Charlyne Mattox, Country Living, 6 June 2022 The way trauma spreads from shootings seems closer in nature to how stains form when a black marker presses against a white napkin. Theresa Vargas, Washington Post, 25 May 2022 Paperboi glances at a napkin with the name of the club emblazoned in gold lettering: Cancel Club. Keith Nelson, Men's Health, 6 May 2022 Take a moment to use your shirt collar as a napkin.The New Yorker, 2 May 2022 See More
Word History
Etymology
Middle English nappekin, from nape tablecloth, from Anglo-French, from Latin mappa napkin
ADJECTIVE | VERB + NAPKIN | NAPKIN + NOUNADJECTIVE➤folded叠好的餐巾➤table餐巾◇She dabbed her mouth with her table napkin.她用餐巾輕輕擦了擦嘴。➤cloth, linen, paper布餐巾;亞麻餐巾;餐巾紙▸➤cocktail (NAmE) 雞尾酒巾▸➤sanitary (NAmE) (sanitary towel in BrE)衞生巾VERB + NAPKIN➤fold, unfold摺叠/展開餐巾▸➤tuck掖好餐巾◇He tucked his napkin under his chin.他把餐巾掖到下巴底下。➤dab sth with, wipe sth on, wipe sth with用餐巾輕擦⋯;用餐巾擦拭⋯NAPKIN + NOUN➤holder, ring餐巾架;餐巾環◇napkin rings made of silver銀質餐巾環