1580s, from French moustache (15c.), from Italian mostaccio, from Medieval Greek moustakion, diminutive of Doric mystax (genitive mystakos) "upper lip, mustache," related to mastax "jaws, mouth," literally "that with which one chews," from PIE root *mendh- "to chew" (see mandible).
Borrowed earlier (1550s) as mostacchi, from the Italian word or its Spanish derivative mostacho. The plural form of this, mustachios, lingers in English. Slang shortening stache attested from 1985. Dutch slang has a useful noun, de befborstel, to refer to the mustache specifically as a tool for stimulating the clitoris; probably from beffen "to stimulate the clitoris with the tongue."
实用例句
1. Lovett was a tall, commanding man with a waxed gray mustache.
洛维特是个威严的高个男人，蓄着灰白的八字胡。
来自柯林斯例句
2. " Moustache " is a variant spelling of " mustache. "
moustache 是mustache不同的拼法.
来自互联网
3. He is the queer old duck with the knee - length gaiters and walrus mustache.
他穿着高及膝盖的皮护腿,留着海象般的八字胡,真是个古怪的老家伙.
来自《简明英汉词典》
4. A mustache-hater, he is said once to have made an employee shave before he got a raise.
他讨厌留胡子，据说他曾经要求一位员工剃去胡子后才给他加薪。
来自柯林斯例句
5. He had a big nose, a stiff mustache and deep - set eyes.
