buckthorn

名词 n.
/ˈbʌk.θɔːn/    /ˈbʌk.θɔɹn/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any of several, often thorny shrubs or small trees, especially; the buckthorn family (Rhamnaceae),; especially genus Rhamnus,
  2. Any of several, often thorny shrubs or small trees, especially; the buckthorn family (Rhamnaceae),; especially genus Rhamnus,; especially common buckthorn or purging buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica).
  3. Any of several, often thorny shrubs or small trees, especially; the buckthorn family (Rhamnaceae),; also alder buckthorn (Frangula), especially Frangula alnus).
  4. Any of several, often thorny shrubs or small trees, especially; sea buckthorn (Hippophae, in family Elaeagnaceae).

词形变化

buckthorns plural

词源

Calque of Latin cervī spīna (“deer's thorny shrub”), cervi (“deer's”) being the genitive singular of cervus (“deer”), from Proto-Italic *kerwos, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥h₂wós, from *ḱerh₂- (“horn”) + *-wós, spīna (“thorny shrub”) from Proto-Italic *speinā, from Proto-Indo-European *spey- (“sharp point”). By surface analysis, buck + thorn.
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