sargasso

n. 马尾藻

发音

UK /sɑːˈɡæsəʊ/
其它
US /sɑɹˈɡæsoʊ/

词形变化

sargassoes sargassos 复数 sargassos sargassoes 复数

别名

Sargasso

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A brown alga, of the genus Sargassum, that forms large, floating masses.

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  2. 2.

    Also Sargasso: a confused, tangled mass or situation.

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  3. 3.

    A part of an ocean or sea characterized by floating masses of sargassos, like the Sargasso Sea.

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词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

gulfweed sargassum

上位词 1

brown algae

相关短语

Sargasso Sea 马尾藻海（在西印度群岛东北） sargasso weed sargasso weeds

词源

From Portuguese sargaço (“(originally) the Lisbon false sun-rose or woolly rock rose (Halimium lasianthum); (now) gulfweed, sargasso”), ultimately from Latin salicastrum (“kind of wild vine found in willow-thickets”), from salix (“plant of the genus Salix; willow”) + -astrum (suffix forming nouns expressing incomplete resemblance). Salix is derived from Proto-Indo-European *sl̥H-ik- (“willow”). The English word is cognate with French sargasse, Spanish sargazo. The capitalized form of sense 2 (“a confused, tangled mass or situation”), Sargasso, is probably a reference to the Sargasso Sea.

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