sedge

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n. 莎草, 蓑衣草

发音

UK /sɛd͡ʒ/

词形变化

sedges 复数

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Any plant of the family Cyperaceae.

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  2. 2.

    Any plant of the family Cyperaceae.

    Any plant of the genus Carex, the true sedges; perennial herbs with triangular jointless stems, a spiked inflorescence, and long grass-like leaves which are usually rough on the margins and midrib.

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  3. 3.

    Any of various other plants resembling true sedges, such as Gentiana rubricaulis and Andropogon virginicus.

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  4. 1.

    A dry fly used in fly fishing, designed to resemble a sedge or caddis fly.

  5. 1.

    Obsolete spelling of siege.

    废旧
  6. 2.

    A flock of herons, cranes, or bitterns.

词汇关系

名词

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相关短语

sedge warbler [网络] 水蒲苇莺；稻田苇莺 sedge frog sedge warblers sedge frogs sedge grass sedge fly sedge flies sedge wren [网络] 苇滨雀 sedge hat sedge hats acute sedge common sedge sand sedge [网络] 沙沙 silvery sedge string sedge

词源

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *sagjaz Proto-West Germanic *sagi Old English seċġ Middle English segge English sedge From Middle English segge, from Old English seċġ, from Proto-West Germanic *sagi, from Proto-Germanic *sagjaz, from Proto-Indo-European *sak- (“marsh plant”). Cognate with Dutch zegge and German Segge, dialectal German Saher (“reeds”).

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