cress

n. 水芹

发音

其它 /kɹɛs/

词形变化

cresses 复数

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A plant of various species, chiefly cruciferous. The leaves have a moderately pungent taste, and are used as a salad and antiscorbutic.

    可数 不可数 生物 植物学
  2. 1.

    Archaic form of kris.

    古体

词汇关系

名词

上位词 2

crucifer salad greens

下位词 9

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相关短语

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词源

From Middle English cresse, crasse, from Old English cressa, cærse (“cress”), from Proto-West Germanic *krassjō, from Proto-Germanic *krasjô (“cress”). Cognate with West Frisian kers (“cress”), Dutch kers (“cress”), German Kresse (“cress”), Danish karse (“cress”), Swedish krasse (“cress”), Icelandic krassi (“cress”).

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