cypress

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n. 柏, 落羽杉, 柏树 [机] 桧木

发音

UK /ˈsaɪ.pɹəs/
US /ˈsaɪ.pɹəs/

词形变化

cypresses 复数

别名

cypres

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An evergreen coniferous tree with flattened shoots bearing small scale-like leaves, whose dark foliage is sometimes associated with mourning, in family Cupressaceae, especially the genera Cupressus and Chamaecyparis.

    柏树

  2. 1.

    Alternative form of Cyprus (“type of fabric”).

词汇关系

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词源

From Middle English cipres, from Old French cipres (French cyprès), from Late Latin cypressus; compare Hebrew גֹּפֶר (gōp̄er), the name of the tree whose wood was used to make the ark (Genesis. vi:14), also κύπρος (relating to aromatic pitch).

来源:wiktionary