Word of the Day : July 21, 2021

receipt

收據；接受；字據

noun rih-SEET

Definition

1 a : a writing acknowledging the receiving of goods or money

确認收到貨物或金錢的書面材料

b receipts, plural, informal : proof, evidence

收據，複數，非正式的：證明，證據

2 : the act or process of receiving

接受的行為或過程

3 : something received — usually used in plural

收到的東西——通常以複數形式使用

4 : recipe

處方；食譜；訣竅

Examples

If you find that the item has been damaged during shipping, please contact us upon receipt to request a return shipping label.

如果您發現商品在運輸過程中損壞，請在收到後聯系我們索取退貨運輸記錄。

"A perplexed correspondent asked Emily Post why it was that she used the word 'receipt' instead of 'recipe' in discussing cookery. Mrs. Post replied that 'receipt' is a word of fashionable descent, used in this sense, so she preferred it to the more commercial 'recipe.'" — J. N. Cornelius, The Birmingham (Alabama) News, 30 July 1937

一位困惑的記者問艾米麗·波斯特，為什麼她在讨論烹饪時使用“receipt「字據」”而不是“recipe「食譜」”這個詞。 波斯特夫人回答說，“receipt「字據」”是一個時髦的詞，從這個意義上，所以她更喜歡它而不是更普遍化的“recipe「食譜」”。

Did You Know?

These days it may seem odd to speak of "grandma's cookie receipt," but in the past, receipt was a synonym of recipe. Early use of receipt refers to medicinal preparations. Recipe didn't arrive until the 1500s, and it too was first used to describe a formula for medicine. In time, both words gained use in cookery, after which recipe slowly became the preferred word. Receipt later acquired its more familiar sense of "a writing acknowledging the receiving of goods or money." Both words, receipt and recipe, ultimately derive from Latin recipere ("to receive").

如今，說“grandma's cookie receipt”似乎很奇怪，但在過去，receipt「字據」是recipe「食譜」的同義詞。 早期使用 receipt 是指藥物制劑。 Recipe 直到 1500 年才出現，它也首先被用來描述藥物配方。 随着時間的推移，這兩個詞都在烹饪中得以運用，之後recipe慢慢成為首選用詞。 receipt 後來獲得了更熟悉的“确認收到貨物或金錢的數目的字據”的含義。 receipt和recipe這兩個詞最終都源自拉丁語 recipere（“to receive「接收」”）。

Test Your Vocabulary

Fill in the blanks to complete a word for a detachable stub on a check or ticket that serves as a record or receipt: c _ _ n _ _ r _ o _ _.

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