briar

FREQ #28178

n. [植]石南；荆棘；用石南根制成之烟斗

发音

UK /bɹaɪə/
其它 /ˈbɹaɪɚ/

词形变化

briars 复数

别名

brier breer brere breare

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Any of many plants with thorny stems growing in dense clusters, such as many in the Rosa, Rubus, and Smilax genera.

  2. 2.

    Anything that is sharp or unpleasant to the feelings.

    比喻
  3. 1.

    White heath (Erica arborea), a thorny Mediterranean shrub.

  4. 2.

    A pipe for smoking, made from the roots of that shrub.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 7

brier catbrier eglantine greenbrier sweetbriar sweetbrier tree heath

上位词 6

rose pipe erica vine rosebush tobacco pipe

部分词 1

briar-root

相关短语

Briar Hill briar-patch sweet briar dog-brier

词源

From Middle English brere, from Old English brēr [Old Mercian], brǣr (“briar, bramble”); further origin unknown, perhaps related to Old French bruiere (“heather”) (French bruyère). Compare Old Norse brǫrr (“briar”), whence Icelandic brörr.

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