Thatch
[θætʃ]
解释:
(noun.) a house roof made with a plant material (as straw).
(noun.) hair resembling thatched roofing material.
(noun.) plant stalks used as roofing material.
(verb.) cover with thatch; 'thatch the roofs'.
克莱尔手打--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) Straw, rushes, or the like, used for making or covering the roofs of buildings, or of stacks of hay or grain.
(n.) A name in the West Indies for several kinds of palm, the leaves of which are used for thatching.
(n.) To cover with, or with a roof of, straw, reeds, or some similar substance; as, to thatch a roof, a stable, or a stack of grain.
比利校对
解释:
v.t. to cover as a roof with straw reeds &c.—n. straw &c. used to cover the roofs of buildings and stacks.—ns. Thatch′er; Thatch′ing the act or art of covering with thatch: the materials used for thatching.
编辑:梅尔维尔
娱乐性解释：
To dream that you thatch a roof with any quickly, perishable material, denotes that sorrow and discomfort will surround you. If you find that a roof which you have thatched with straw is leaking, there will be threatenings of danger, but by your rightly directed energy they may be averted.
编辑:厄休拉
例句:
- The natives build their huts out of small poles covered with palm thatch and live in little colonies while the rubber harvest is going on. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- The thatch had fallen in, the walls were unplastered, and the door was off its hinges. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
- He would take a look within, thought Tarzan, and so, cautiously, he approached the low thatched building. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- He tried to scramble up the side of the cabin, and succeeded in catching a fleeting hold upon the thatched roof. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- The A-shaped roof was thatched with small branches laid close together and over these long jungle grass and palm fronds, with a final coating of clay. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- The farmhouses were my delight, with thatched roofs, ivy up to the eaves, latticed windows, and stout women with rosy children at the doors. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
- The escort were so wretchedly clothed, that they twisted straw round their bare legs, and thatched their ragged shoulders to keep the wet off. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
编辑:菲利普