mangrove

FREQ #41733

n. 红树属树木

发音

UK /ˈmæ̞ŋɡɹəʊ̯v/
其它 /ˈmɛ̃ŋɡɹoʊ̯v/
US /ˈmæ̝ŋɡɹoʊ̯v/
/ˈmeɪ̯ŋɡɹoʊ̯v/

词形变化

mangroves 复数 mangroves

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Preceded by a descriptive word: any of various shrubs or trees of genera other than Rhizophora which resemble plants of this genus in appearance and habitat.

    引申义
  2. 2.

    Synonym of mangal (“a tropical and subtropical coastal intertidal swampland ecosystem characterized by mangroves (sense 1) or similar shrubs and trees”).

    定语 生物 引申义
  3. 3.

    Any of various tropical and subtropical evergreen shrubs or trees chiefly of the Rhizophoraceae family that have aerial roots and grow in clumps in brackish intertidal coastal areas; (specifically) any of various trees of the genus Rhizophora, especially the red mangrove (Rhizophora mangle).

    红树

  4. 4.

    A forest of such shrubs or trees.

    红树林

    引申义

相关短语

mangrove rail mangrove rails mangrove golden whistler mangrove golden whistlers mangrove robin mangrove robins mangrove jezebel mangrove jezebels mangrove heron mangrove herons mangrove gerygone mangrove gerygones mangrove snapper un. 灰笛鲷 [网络] 红鱼由；红鲔；红友鱼 mangrove snappers mangrove jack

词源

A modification of earlier mangrowe (obsolete) by the influence of grove (“small forest”) through folk etymology. Mangrowe is probably borrowed from Spanish mangle, mangue (whence English mangle) (probably from an Arawak language (such as Taíno), or a Cariban language) + an unknown word ending.

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