espalier

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ɪˈspalɪə/|/-ˈpæl.i.eɪ/|/ɛs-/    美 /ɪˈspæl.jɚ/|/-jeɪ/|/ɛsˈpæl-/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A latticework used to shape or train the branches of a tree or shrub into a two-dimensional ornamental or useful design, as along a wall or fence.
    — The garment stalls carried the traditional blue vine-dressers' outfits, sunhats, and the great willow pitchforks grown in espalier at villages like Sauve.
  2. A plant that has been shaped in this manner.
    — It is on this rocky surface that one finds many of the growth forms associated with extreme life conditions: polsters, mat plants, espaliers.
  3. A row of plants that have been shaped in this manner.
    — Often some night-animal, hedgehog or weasel, setting out on the hunt, disturbed the lovers, or sometimes they heard a ripe peach falling all alone from the espalier.
动词 v.
  1. To train a plant in this manner. transitive

词形变化

espaliers plural espaliers present,singular,third-person espaliering participle,present espaliered participle,past espaliered past

词源

词源 1
Borrowed from French espalier, from Italian spalliera, from spalla (“shoulder”).
词源 2
Borrowed from French espalier, from Italian spalliera, from spalla (“shoulder”).
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