barleycorn

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈbɑː(ɹ)liˌkɔː(ɹ)n/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A grain of barley.
    — The Town Mouse came, and they sat down to a dinner of barleycorns and roots, the latter of which had a distinctly earthy flavour.
  2. The length of such a grain; a unit of length of approximately one third (or sometimes one quarter) of an inch or eight millimetres, still used as a basis for shoe sizes. obsolete
    — This trip to Italy has actually enlarged the diameter of my head thirteen barleycorns!
  3. A small groove between two moldings.

词形变化

barleycorns plural

词汇关系

衍生词
barleycorn sight

词源

Etymology tree
English barley
English corn
English barleycorn
From barley + corn.
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