sloe

n. 黑刺李 [医] 黑刺李

发音

UK /ˈsləʊ/
其它
US /ˈsloʊ/

词形变化

sloes 复数 sloes

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The small, astringent, wild fruit of the blackthorn (Prunus spinosa).

    The dew-drops fell like water, leaf after leaf dropped from the trees, the sloe-thorn alone still bore fruit, but the sloes were sour, and set the teeth on edge. Oh, how dark and weary the whole world appeared!

  2. 2.

    The tree Prunus spinosa.

  3. 3.

    Any of various other plants of the genus Prunus, as a shrub or small tree, Prunus alleghaniensis, bearing dark-purple fruit.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

Allegheny plum blackthorn

上位词 4

bush plum shrub wild plum

整体词 2

Allegheny plum sloe gin

相关短语

sloe gin n. 黑刺李杜松子酒 sloe gins sloe bush sloe bushes

词源

From Middle English slo, sla, sloo, from Old English slā, slāh, from Proto-West Germanic *slaihā, from Proto-Germanic *slaihǭ, *slaihwō, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)leh₃y- (“bluish”). Doublet of Sliwa.

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