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 tištas "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.).
双语例句
1. A whole day's tete - a tete between two women can never end without a quarrel.
两个女人成天在一块儿谈心,到头来没有不吵架的.
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2. Shanghai E - Er Tete packaging technology investment and production in 2000.
上海鄂尔特特包装技术公司于2000年投资生产.
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3. And there are signs that Tete's poorer residents resent the disruption.
有迹象显示,太特较贫穷的居民反对这场破坏.
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4. The two women had a tete - a - tete in the corner.
两名妇女在角落里私下谈话.
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5. Nonetheless, even before production has started, Tete's infrastructure is creaking.
