Sorrel
['sɒr(ə)l] or ['sɔrəl]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a horse of a brownish orange to light brown color.
(noun.) large sour-tasting arrowhead-shaped leaves used in salads and sauces.
(adj.) of a light brownish color .
伊莱錄入--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(a.) Of a yellowish or redish brown color; as, a sorrel horse.
(n.) A yellowish or redish brown color.
(n.) One of various plants having a sour juice; especially, a plant of the genus Rumex, as Rumex Acetosa, Rumex Acetosella, etc.
錄入:特伦特
解釋/意思:
adj. of a reddish-brown colour.—n. a reddish-brown colour.
n. one of several species of the genus Rumex allied to the dock the leaves impregnated with oxalic acid—the Scotch Sourock. The Wood-sorrel belongs to the genus Oxalis.
手打:玛里琳
例句/造句/用法:
- Being one day abroad with my protector the sorrel nag, and the weather exceeding hot, I entreated him to let me bathe in a river that was near. 喬納森·斯威夫特. 格列佛遊記.
- There were five horses in the rope corral, three bays, a sorrel, and a buckskin. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- In this employment, a sorrel nag, one of the under-servants, was very ready to assist me. 喬納森·斯威夫特. 格列佛遊記.
- I had worked two chairs with my knife, the sorrel nag helping me in the grosser and more laborious part. 喬納森·斯威夫特. 格列佛遊記.
- It happened, one morning early, that my master sent for me by the sorrel nag, who was his valet. 喬納森·斯威夫特. 格列佛遊記.
- The master horse ordered a sorrel nag, one of his servants, to untie the largest of these animals, and take him into the yard. 喬納森·斯威夫特. 格列佛遊記.
- The sorrel is lame in the off hind foot, he said to Pablo, not looking at him. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
整理:莫尼卡