wormwood

FREQ #32756

n. 苦艾, 苦恼 [医] 苦艾

发音

UK /ˈwə(ɹ)m.wʊd/
US /ˈwɚm.wʊd/

词形变化

wormwoods 复数 wormwoods

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An intensely bitter herb (Artemisia absinthium and similar plants in genus Artemisia) used in medicine, in the production of absinthe and vermouth, and as a tonic.

    苦艾

    中亚苦蒿

    可数 不可数
  2. 2.

    Something that causes bitterness or affliction; a cause of mortification or vexation.

    可数 比喻 不可数

词汇关系

名词

上位词 2

subshrub suffrutex

下位词 10

absinthe oldman sweet wormwood dusty miller lad's love mugwort old woman Roman wormwood sea wormwood southernwood

相关短语

sweet wormwood 青蒿 Wormwood Scrubs grande wormwood Roman wormwood [网络] 罗马艾草；罗马艾 African wormwood annual wormwood gall and wormwood 令人憎恶的东西, 极苦恼的事 salt of wormwood sea wormwood [网络] 海艾草 Russian wormwood

词源

From Middle English wormwode, a folk etymology (as if worm + wood) of wermode (“wormwood”), from Old English wermōd (“wormwood, absinthe”), from Proto-West Germanic *warjamōdā (“wormwood”). Cognate with Middle Low German wermode, wermede (“wormwood”), German Wermut (“wormwood”). Doublet of vermouth.

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