culm

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Waste coal, used as a poor quality fuel. countable,uncountable
    — Holonyms: spoils, tailings
  2. The stem of a plant, especially of grass or sedge.
    — […] because, upon hearing him out, she sank down on the lawn in an impossible posture, examining a grass culm and frowning, he had taken his words back at once; […]
  3. The spoils from which such low-quality coal can be retrieved. countable,uncountable
    — culm dump
  4. Anthracite, especially when found in small masses. countable,uncountable

词形变化

culms plural culms plural

词汇关系

衍生词
culmiferous
相关词
coom

词源

词源 1
From Middle English culme, colme (“fragments of coal”), of uncertain origin. Probably from Old English *colm, related to Old English col (“coal”). Alternatively, perhaps from Welsh cwlm (“knot or tie”), applied to this species of coal, which is much found in balls or knots in some parts of Wales.
词源 2
Borrowed from Latin culmus. Doublet of French calame, calamus, and haulm; further related to caramel, chalumeau and shawm.
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