acacia

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /əˈkeɪ.ʃə/|/əˈkeɪ.sjə/    美 /əˈkeɪ.ʃə/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A shrub or tree of the tribe Acacieae. countable
    — 1997, Kenneth M. Old, Ian A. Hood, Zi Qing Yuan, Diseases of Tropical Acacias in Northern Queensland, K. M. Old, Su Lee See, J. K. Sharma (editors), Diseases of Tropical Acacias: Proceedings of an International Workshop held at Subanjeriji (South Sumatra) 28 April - 2 May 1996, page 1, The latter species was collected only once in this survey on A. flavescens but is widespread on both tropical and temperate acacias in Australia.
  2. A roll or bag, filled with dust, borne by Byzantine emperors, as a memento of mortality. It is represented on medals.
  3. The thickened or dried juice of several species in Acacieae, in particular Vachellia nilotica (syn. Acacia nilotica, Egyptian acacia). uncountable
  4. A false acacia; robinia tree (Robinia pseudoacacia). countable,uncountable
  5. Gum arabic; gum acacia. uncountable
  6. Any of several related trees, such as a locust tree. broadly,countable,uncountable
  7. A light to moderate greenish yellow with a hint of red. countable,uncountable
  8. A light to moderate greenish yellow with a hint of red. acacia:; acacia countable,uncountable

词形变化

acacias plural acaciae plural acacias plural

词汇关系

衍生词
acacetin Acacia Avenue Acacia Creek Acacia Gardens acacia gum Acacia Hills acacialike acacia pied barbet Acacia Ridge acacia tit acacia veld acaciin acacin false acacia gum acacia kangaroo acacia Karoo acacia Lower Acacia Creek paradox acacia rose acacia rose-acacia soap acacia stinking acacia yellow acacia

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Egyptian kkw
Demotic Egyptian kky
Coptic ⲭⲁⲕⲓ (khaki)bor.
Ancient Greek ἀκᾰκίᾱ (akăkíā)der.
Latin acāciabor.
English acacia
From Latin acacia, from Ancient Greek ἀκακία (akakía, “shittah tree”), either from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”) (compare ἀκή (akḗ, “point”)) or more likely a Pre-Greek word. First attested before 1398. Doublet of cassie.
词源 2
Unknown.
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