Rattan
[rə'tæn] or [ræ'tæn]
解释:
(noun.) a switch made from the stems of the rattan palms.
(noun.) the stem of various climbing palms of the genus Calamus and related genera used to make wickerwork and furniture and canes.
(noun.) climbing palm of Sri Lanka and southern India remarkable for the great length of the stems which are used for malacca canes.
编辑:陌莉--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) One of the long slender flexible stems of several species of palms of the genus Calamus, mostly East Indian, though some are African and Australian. They are exceedingly tough, and are used for walking sticks, wickerwork, chairs and seats of chairs, cords and cordage, and many other purposes.
阿德莱德手打
解释:
n. the continuous beat of a drum.
n. a genus of palms having a smooth reed-like stem several hundreds of feet in length: a walking-stick made of rattan: stems of rattan palm used as a raft.
编辑:沃尔夫冈
例句:
- He added, giving a crack to a rattan he held in his hand, And be back in quick time, too! 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
- He wore second-hand kid gloves, in good repair, and carried a small rattan cane with a curved handle--a female leg--of ivory. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- She was carrying a thin rattan stick like a toy riding-crop, bound in leather. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
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