tansy
英 ['t?nz?]
- n. 艾菊；艾菊屬植物
暢通詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?tansies;
英文詞源
- tansy (n.)
- perennial herb native to northern Eurasia, mid-13c., from Old French tanesie (13c., Modern French tanaisie), from Vulgar Latin *tanaceta (neuter plural mistaken for fem. singular), from Late Latin tanacetum "wormwood," from shortened form of Greek athanasia "immortality," from athanatos "immortal," from a- "not," privative prefix, + thanatos "death" (see thanatology). So called probably for its persistence. English folklore associates it with pregnancy, either as an aid to contraception or to provoke miscarriage.
雙語例句
- 1. North American herb with bitter - tasting pinnate leaves resembling those of tansy.
- 北美的一種草本植物,類似水芹,但葉象艾菊葉.
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