holly

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n. 冬青树

发音

UK /ˈhɒli/
US /ˈhɑli/

词形变化

hollies 复数 hollies

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Any of various shrubs or (mostly) small trees, of the genus Ilex, either evergreen or deciduous, used as decoration especially at Christmas.

    冬青

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  2. 2.

    The wood from this tree.

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  3. 3.

    Any of several not closely related plant species likened to Ilex because of their prickly, evergreen foliage and/or round, bright-red berries

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词汇关系

名词

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相关短语

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词源

From Middle English holly, holi, holie, a shortened variation of holin, holyn (> English dialectal hollen, holm), from Old English holeġn, holen (“holly; prince, protector”), from Proto-West Germanic *hulis (“holly”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₂- (“to beat, break”). Cognates Cognate with Scots holin, hollin, holyn (“holly”), Dutch hulst (“holly”), German Hulst (“holly”), French houx ("holly" < Germanic), Danish hylver (“holly”), Welsh celyn (“holly”), Russian ко́лос (kólos, “ear of wheat”), Albanian kalli (“straw, chaff”), Latin culmus (“stalk, stem”), Sanskrit कटम्ब (kaṭamba, “arrow”), Old Church Slavonic класъ (klasŭ, “ear of grain”).

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