Birch
[bɜːtʃ] or [bɝtʃ]
解释:
(noun.) a switch consisting of a twig or a bundle of twigs from a birch tree; used to hit people as punishment; 'my father never spared the birch'.
(noun.) any betulaceous tree or shrub of the genus Betula having a thin peeling bark.
(noun.) hard close-grained wood of any of various birch trees; used especially in furniture and interior finishes and plywood.
(verb.) whip with a birch twig.
(adj.) consisting of or made of wood of the birch tree .
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解释:
(n.) A tree of several species, constituting the genus Betula; as, the white or common birch (B. alba) (also called silver birch and lady birch); the dwarf birch (B. glandulosa); the paper or canoe birch (B. papyracea); the yellow birch (B. lutea); the black or cherry birch (B. lenta).
(n.) The wood or timber of the birch.
(n.) A birch twig or birch twigs, used for flogging.
(n.) A birch-bark canoe.
(a.) Of or pertaining to the birch; birchen.
(v. t.) To whip with a birch rod or twig; to flog.
黛拉校对
解释:
n. a hardy forest-tree with smooth white bark and very durable wood: a rod for punishment consisting of a birch twig or twigs.—adjs. Birch Birch′en made of birch.
校对:杜鲁门
例句:
- In the Appendix to the life of Prince Henry, Doctor Birch has given us an account of the prices of butcher's meat as commonly paid by that prince. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- A short time afterwards Mr. Chopper and Mr. Birch, the next clerk, were summoned, and requested to witness a paper. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- Canoes are made of logs hollowed out, or of birch bark stretched over a light frame, skilfully fastened with deers’ sinews and rendered water-tight by pitch. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- Denny and Birch followed my example. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- With the birch, yes. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
- I too am for flogging, said he, since, such as you see me here before you, I am become by mere dint of birch. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
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