mistletoe

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n. 槲寄生属植物 [医] 槲寄生(跗寄生属植物通称)

发音

UK /ˈmɪs(ə)ltəʊ/
AU
UK /ˈmɪz(ə)ltəʊ/
US /ˈmɪsəlˌtoʊ/
US /ˈmɪzəlˌtoʊ/

词形变化

mistletoes 复数 mistletoes

别名

mistleto misleto miseltoe misletoe mistle-toe misseltoe

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Any of numerous hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales with white berries that grow in the crowns of apple trees, oaks, and other trees, such as the European mistletoe (Viscum album) and American mistletoe or eastern mistletoe (Phoradendron leucarpum).

    槲寄生

    可数 不可数

    (all obsolete or archaic)

  2. 2.

    A sprig of one such plant used as a Christmas decoration, associated with the custom that a man may kiss any woman standing beneath it.

    不可数 可数

相关短语

mistletoe fig [网络] 槲寄生无花果 mistletoe figs mistletoe cactus [网络] 槲寄生仙人掌 European mistletoe dwarf mistletoe showy mistletoe cactus mistletoe mesquite mistletoe desert mistletoe

词源

From Middle English mistelto, mistilto (“European mistletoe”), from Old English misteltān (“mistletoe”), from mistel (“mistletoe; basil; birdlime”) + tān (“sprig, shoot, twig”), possibly as a calque of Old Norse mistilteinn; equivalent to mistle + tan (“twig”). This was mistaken for the plural of tā (“toe”). Cognate with Danish mistelten (“mistletoe”), Norwegian misteltein (“mistletoe”), Icelandic mistilteinn (“mistletoe”). Compare also the simplex form West Frisian mistel (“mistletoe”), Dutch mistel (“mistletoe”), German Mistel (“mistletoe”), Swedish mistel (“mistletoe”).

来源：wiktionary