horsetail

n. 马尾, 马尾旗, 马尾式发型

发音

US /ˈhɔː(ɹ)s.teɪl/

词形变化

horsetails 复数 horsetails

别名

horse tail

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A tail of a horse.

  2. 2.

    Any of various simple vascular plants, of the order Equisetales, that have hollow stems and produce spores.

    问荆

    生物 植物学
  3. 3.

    A Turkish standard denoting rank.

    政治 军事

    Commanders were distinguished by the number of horsetails carried before them. The sultan had seven, the grand vizier five, and the pashas three, two, or one.

  4. 4.

    A mare's tail, a water plant in genus Hippuris.

    生物 植物学
  5. 5.

    Any waterfall, the descending water of which maintains contact with bedrock most of the time.

  6. 6.

    cauda equina, a bundle of nerve fibers.

    医学
  7. 7.

    A ponytail hairstyle.

    罕用

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

fern ally

下位词 8

common horsetail field horsetail marsh horsetail rough horsetail scouring rush variegated horsetail water horsetail wood horsetail

部分词 3

cone strobile strobilus

相关短语

horsetail pine 马尾松 horsetail pines horsetail syndrome marsh horsetail 沼泽问荆 common horsetail [网络] 问荆 field horsetail 问荆 shade horsetail 草问荆 meadow horsetail wood horsetail [网络] 木马尾 variegated horsetail [网络] 杂色马尾 rough horsetail [网络] 粗糙的马尾 great horsetail water horsetail [网络] 水马尾 dwarf horsetail

词源

From Middle English horsetaile, horstaile, equivalent to horse + tail.

来源：wiktionary