Birch

[bɜːtʃ] or [bɝtʃ]

解釋/意思:

(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 .

手打:列侬--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(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.

黛拉校對

解釋/意思:

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.

校對:杜鲁门