awn

n. [植]芒,谷刺

发音

US /ɔːn/

词形变化

awns 复数 awns

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The bristle or beard of barley, oats, grasses, etc., or any similar bristlelike appendage; arista.

    芒

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

beard

词源

Inherited from Middle English aw(u)ne, agune, from Old Norse ǫgn (compare Danish avne), from Proto-Germanic *aganō, *ahanō (“chaff”) (compare Old English agnu, Dutch agen, German Ahne, Agen), from Proto-Indo-European *aḱanā (compare Latin agna (“ear of wheat”), Lithuanian ašni̇̀s (“edge, blade”), Czech osina, Ancient Greek ἄκαινα (ákaina, “spike, prick”), ἄκανος (ákanos, “pine-thistle”), Sanskrit अशनि (aśáni, “thunderbolt, arrow tip”)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”). More at edge.

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