herb

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n. 药草, 香草 [医] 草, 草本, 草药

发音

AU /hɜːb/
NZ /hɜːb/
US
UK /hɜːb/
CA /(h)ɝb/
US /(h)ɝb/

词形变化

herbs 复数 herbs

别名

hearbe yerb

教材释义与例句

名词

香草，药草

a small plant that is used to improve the taste of food, or to make medicine

Sprinkle the dish with chopped fresh herbs.

在菜肴上撒些切碎的新鲜香草。

释义与例句

n. B2 Oxf 5000
  1. 1.

    Any green, leafy plant, or parts thereof, used to flavour or season food.

    香草

    可数 不可数
  2. 2.

    A plant whose roots, leaves or seeds, etc. are used in medicine.

    草药

    可数 不可数

    If any medicinal herbs used by witches were supposedly evil, then how come people from at least the past benefited from the healing properties of such herbs?

  3. 3.

    Cannabis.

    俚语 不可数 可数
  4. 4.

    A plant whose stem is not woody and does not persist beyond each growing season

    可数 生物 植物学 不可数
  5. 5.

    Grass; herbage.

    废旧 不可数 可数
  6. 6.

    (always with pronounced /h/) A lame or uncool person.

    美国 可数 俚语 不可数

词汇关系

名词

上位词 8

seasoning flavorer flavoring flavourer flavouring seasoner tracheophyte vascular plant

下位词 10

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部分词 3

vegetable veggie veg

相关短语

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词源

From Middle English herbe, erbe, from Old French erbe (French herbe), from Latin herba. Initial h was restored to the spelling in the 15th century on the basis of Latin, but it remained mute until the 19th century and still is for many speakers. Doublet of yerba.

来源：wiktionary