token: [OE] A token is etymologically something that ‘shows’ you something. It comes from a prehistoric Germanic *taiknam, which also produced German zeichen ‘sign’. This in turn was formed from a base *taik- ‘show’, which also produced English teach. => teach
token (n.)
Old English tacen "sign, symbol, evidence" (related to verb tæcan "show, explain, teach"), from Proto-Germanic *taiknam (cognates: Old Saxon tekan, Old Norse teikn "zodiac sign, omen, token," Old Frisian tekan, Middle Dutch teken, Dutch teken, Old High German zeihhan, German zeichen, Gothic taikn "sign, token"), from PIE root *deik- "to show" (see teach).
Meaning "coin-like piece of stamped metal" is first recorded 1590s. Older sense of "evidence" is retained in by the same token (mid-15c.), originally "introducing a corroborating circumstance" [OED].
token (adj.)
"nominal," 1915, from token (n.). In integration sense, first recorded 1960.
双语例句
1. You described her as the token woman on the shortlist.
你把她形容为入围名单上象征性的女性人选。
来自柯林斯例句
2. Don't forget to clip the token and stick it on your card.
别忘了剪下标志，贴到你的卡上。
来自柯林斯例句
3. By the same token , the everlasting interdependence is actually an everlasting love.
正如, 永远的依存,也是永远的爱.
来自《简明英汉词典》
4. This little gift is a token of our regard.
这点礼物是我们大家的一点心意.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
5. We offer this small token by way of appreciation.
