woad

n. [植]菘蓝,靛蓝

发音

UK /wəʊd/
其它
US /woʊd/

词形变化

woads 复数 woads woaded woading woads 三单 woading 现在分词 woaded 过去式 woaded 过去分词

别名

oad wade wode

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The plant Isatis tinctoria.

    菘蓝

    可数 不可数
  2. 2.

    The blue vat dye made from the leaves of the plant through partial drying and fermentation.

    可数 不可数
v.
  1. 1.

    To plant or cultivate woad.

  2. 2.

    To dye with woad.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 3

herb dye dyestuff

下位词 1

dyer's woad

相关短语

woad-waxen dyer's woad [网络] 染色的

词源

From Middle English wode, from Old English wād (“woad”), from Proto-West Germanic *waiʀd, from Proto-Germanic *waizdaz (“woad”), from Proto-Indo-European *woydʰ-. Cognate with Old Frisian wēd (“woad”), Dutch wede (“woad”), German Waid (“woad”), and with French guède, Italian guado (“woad”) (both borrowed from Frankish). See also weed.

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