spurge

n. 大戟 [医] 大戟属植物

发音

UK /spɜːdʒ/
其它
US /spɜɹdʒ/

词形变化

spurges 复数 spurges spurged spurges 三单 spurging spurging 现在分词 spurged 过去式 spurged 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Any plant of the genus Euphorbia, a diverse genus of over 2,000 species.

    大戟

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  2. 2.

    Any plant of the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae.

    不可数
  3. 3.

    A plant resembling those in genus Euphorbia in some aspect of its appearance.

    不可数
v.
  1. 1.

    To emit foam; to froth; said of the emission of yeast from beer during fermentation.

    不及物

词汇关系

名词

上位词 2

bush shrub

下位词 10

candelilla caper spurge Christmas flower crown of thorns cypress spurge fire-on-the-mountain ghostweed leafy spurge naboom petty spurge

相关短语

spurge olive [医] 紫花欧瑞香 spurge laurel 桂叶芫花 Japanese spurge 【植物】富贵草(Pachysandra terminalis) petty spurge un. 孛艾大戟 caper spurge = gopher plant leafy spurge [植物]乳浆草[欧洲多年生高草本植物（Euphorbia esula）] sun spurge un. 泽漆 gopher spurge green spurge purple spurge paper spurge cliff spurge coast spurge red spurge cushion spurge

词源

Etymology tree Old French espurgebor. Middle English spurge English spurge Inherited from Middle English spurge, from Old French espurge, from espurgier (“to purge”), from Latin expurgo (“to purge”); the bitter milky sap of these plants was formerly used as a purgative.

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