wattle

n. 枝条构架, 编条, 枝条, 板条, 肉垂, 鱼须 a. 由编条做成的, 板条的 vt. 用编条做成

发音

UK /ˈwɒtl̩/
其它
US /ˈwɑtl̩/
US /ˈwɑ.ɾl̩/

词形变化

wattles 复数 wattles wattled wattles 三单 wattling 现在分词 wattled 过去式 wattled 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A construction of branches and twigs woven together to form a wall, barrier, fence, or roof.

    篱墙

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  2. 2.

    A single twig or rod laid on a roof to support the thatch.

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  3. 3.

    A wrinkled fold of skin, sometimes brightly coloured, hanging from the neck of birds (such as chicken and turkey) and some lizards.

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  4. 4.

    A barbel of a fish.

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  5. 5.

    A decorative fleshy appendage on the neck of a goat.

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  6. 6.

    Loose hanging skin in the neck of a person.

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  7. 7.

    Any of several Australian trees and shrubs of the genus Acacia, or their bark, used in tanning, seen as a national emblem of Australia.

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v.
  1. 1.

    To construct a wattle, or make a construction of wattles.

    及物
  2. 2.

    To bind with wattles or twigs.

    及物

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

lappet

上位词 5

frame framework acacia caruncle caruncula

下位词 4

mimosa gidgee golden wattle silver wattle
动词

上位词 9

make build lace construct twine intertwine enlace entwine interlace

相关短语

wattle and daub n. 抹灰篱笆墙 wattle turkey wattle turkeys Wattle Day Wattle Days Wattle Range Wattle Glen Wattle Hill Wattle Bank Wattle Flat Wattle Creek Wattle Grove Wattle Ridge Wattle Ponds Lower Wattle Grove

词源

From Middle English wattel, watel, from Old English watel, watul (“hurdle”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wey- (“to turn, wind, bend”).

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