单词 NAPKIN的词源
From Old French, from nape tablecloth, from Latin mappa small cloth, towel.
«NAPKIN»的英语 引用
单词
napkin的知名引用和例句
Luxury lives in the finer details. It's a cloth napkin at a dinner table. It's a mint on your pillow before bed.
Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
Nothing is more pleasant than to see a pretty woman, her napkin well placed under her arms, one of her hands on the table, while the other carries to her mouth, the choice piece so elegantly carved.
When you start a show, the plans are not set in stone. They're really mutable, cocktail napkin sketches.
The big success stories - Facebook, Zynga and Twitter - are leading to investing in ideas on a napkin, because no one wants to miss out on the next big thing.
Why not collect and clean chicken wishbones in the run-up to Christmas, spray them silver and use each to pinch together a white hem-stitch napkin?
Sometimes, when full and in fear that I will continue to eat unwanted food just because it's staring at me, I will place my napkin over the remaining portion. This is what I frequently refer to as a 'food funeral.'
If I scribbled a few words on a cocktail napkin and showed it to my family, they'd proclaim it astonishing and more culturally relevant than the Bible.
The stagflation of the 1970s blessed us with damaging wage and price controls and the utterly counterintuitive supply-side notion - famously drawn on a napkin - that cutting taxes would lead to higher tax revenues.
When planning your wedding you make so many decisions: 'Do I want this fork or that fork?' But in the end people aren't going to remember what napkin holder you choose.
My mom would take me to restaurants, and the first thing I'd ask for would be a pen and a napkin, and I'd sketch shoes and shoes and shoes.
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Beautiful
Napkin Folding
Classic, elegant, and even whimsical folded napkins can be so striking that you don't need a centerpiece!
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Napkin Origami: 25 Creative and Fun Ideas for
Napkin Folding
Offers step-by-step instructions for twenty-five innovative napkin folds suitable for formal as well as informal occasions.
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Napkin Folding for Every Occasion
Using simple instructions and the detailed drawings, these small works of art can be formed from either fabric napkins or everyday paper, providing that little something extra that will really set your table apart.
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The Back of the Napkin (Expanded Edition): Solving Problems ...
Now with more color, bigger pictures, and additional content, this new edition does an even better job of helping you literally see the world in a new way.
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Guesstimation: Solving the World's Problems on the Back of a ...
The book is written in a question-and-answer format with lots of hints along the way.
Lawrence Weinstein, John A. Adam, 2009
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Decorative
Napkin Folding for Beginners
22 different napkin folds enable even a beginner to make napkins in the shape of a heart, clown's hat, love knot, silverware holder, boot, etc.
Lillian Oppenheimer, Natalie Epstein, 2012
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Napkin Folds & Table Decorations: How to Create Special ...
Offers step-by-step instructions and photographs that take readers through the entire process of creating unusual napkin folds and table decorations for all kinds of special occasions, from simple, casual dining to elegant holiday feasts.
Bridget Jones, Madeleine Brehaut, 2006
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My Life on a
Napkin: Pillow Mints, Playground Dreams, and ...
The colorful coach of the Utah team that went all the way to the finals of the NCAA basketball championship offers a chronicle of his rise from the streets of Milwaukee and discusses his coaching strategies and basketball memories.
Rick Majerus, Gene Wojciechowski, 2000
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Napkin Decoupage: Simple Clever Effective
*A practical and inspiring guide to a popular papercrafting subject*Features clear step-by-step instructions plus variation ideas for maximum creative choice*Handy hints and tips feature for every projectIn this innovative craft book, ...
Deborah Morbin, Tracy Boomer, 2005
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Unfolding the
Napkin: The Hands-On Method for Solving ...
The companion workbook, Unfolding the Napkin, helps readers put Roam's principles into practice with step-by-step guidelines. It's filled with detailed case studies, guided do-it-yourself exercises, and plenty of blank space for drawing.
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Don't miss Eskapes in Cicero: Dining Out Review
... chicken had a welcome, spicy twist and our burger was the kind that was so juicy you have to happily grab your napkin every few bites. «Syracuse.com, 七月 15»
Soldiers vs. Werewolves in the Scottish Highlands
If the stories are to be believed, it all started with a napkin. Over the course of the special features included on the long-overdue Blu-Ray ... «PopMatters, 七月 15»
Reduce-2-Reuse turns trash items into masterpieces
She said recycling doesn't have to be time consuming. It's as simple as fixing a hem on a napkin. Little things like that could save a lot of money ... «KMTR NewsSource 16, 七月 15»
When Art Dresses for Dinner
... or tablescape, a term Goldstein often uses, which includes everything from tablecloth to napkin rings, eating utensils, plates, serving dishes, ... «Easy Reader News, 七月 15»
When the Go-Go Boys ruled Hollywood and the world
The roster includes “King Lear” (a film Luddy joined after Golan and Godard famously wrote up and signed a deal on a napkin during the ... «SFGate, 七月 15»
Digital Agencies Are Still Amped for Apple Watch Despite Recent …
The dearth of particulars has led to a lot of back-of-the-napkin math and speculation, with analysts estimating anywhere between 2 million and ... «Adweek, 七月 15»
Humane Society teaches puppy love and kitty care at camp
As she sat down to lunch, she pulled out a napkin with a sketch and a note from her mother on it. “She always gives me drawings of dogs,” she ... «Lynchburg News and Advance, 七月 15»
Tap Talk: Enki Brewing
You know how a scribble on a napkin can grow into something more? That's what happened. Tell me about the experience of bringing three ... «CBS Local, 七月 15»
7 kid-friendly DIYs you can do in 1 hour or less
Measure and mark a square outline in the center of your napkin. Our napkin is a 20" square and we marked a 15" square outline. Divide and ... «Today.com, 七月 15»
Napkin note from appreciative soldier brings West End couple to tears
HENRICO COUNTY, Va. — When a West End couple saw a soldier walk into the Hooters on West Broad Street Friday night to pick up his ... «wtvr.com, 七月 15»
