hemlock

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n. 毒芹属植物, 铁杉 [医] 毒茴类毒草(如毒茴、毒芹), 铁杉属植物, 铁杉

发音

US /ˈhɛmˌlɒk/
CA /ˈhɛmˌlɒk/

词形变化

hemlocks 复数 hemlocks

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Any of the poisonous umbelliferous plants, of the genera

    Conium, either Conium maculatum or Conium chaerophylloides.

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  2. 2.

    Any of the poisonous umbelliferous plants, of the genera

    Cicuta (water hemlock).

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  3. 3.

    Poison obtained from these Conium and Cicuta plants.

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  4. 4.

    Any of several coniferous trees, of the genus Tsuga, that grow in North America; the wood of such trees.

    铁杉

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词源

From Middle English hemlok, hemeluc, from Old English hemlīc, hymlīc m and hymlīce f (“hemlock, bryony, convolvulus”), of uncertain origin. speculative etymology Compare Old English hymele (“hop-vine, hops”), Old English humele (“bryony, widerton, hair moss, gold-hair, morning glory”), Danish and Swedish humle (“hops”), Icelandic humall (“hops”). Perhaps from Scythian, from Proto-Iranian *háwHmah (“ephedra; juice”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sáwHmas from Proto-Indo-European *sewh₁- (“to press out, extract”). ;cognates * (from Sarmato-Scythian *haumala) Ossetian хумӕллӕг (xumællæg, “hops”) * (from Sarmato-Scythian *hauma) Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬊𐬨𐬀 (haoma), Baluchi [script needed] (hum), Persian هوم (hôm)) * (from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sauma) Sanskrit सोम (soma)) More at suck.

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