holly

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈhɒli/|/ˈhɔlɪj/    美 /ˈhɑli/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any of various shrubs or (mostly) small trees, of the genus Ilex, either evergreen or deciduous, used as decoration especially at Christmas. countable,uncountable
    — Have a tree or two the witches particularly like, such as the alder, larch, cypress and hemlock; then, to counteract any possible evil effects, there must be a holly, yew, hazel, elder, mountain ash or juniper.
  2. The wood from this tree. countable,uncountable
  3. Any of several not closely related plant species likened to Ilex because of their prickly, evergreen foliage and/or round, bright-red berries countable,uncountable

词形变化

hollies plural

词汇关系

衍生词
American holly California holly Christmas holly common holly deciduous holly desert holly English holly European holly false holly hollied holly barberry holly bay holly berry holly-berry holly blue Hollybush Holly Hills holly laurel holly-leaf oak holly-leaved barberry holly-leaved cherry holly-leaved oak hollylike holly-lily Holly Oak holly olive holly osmanthus holly rose Holly Springs Hollywood Holywell inkberry holly knee holly Michigan holly mountain holly Mount Holly sea holly Singapore holly swamp holly winterberry holly

词源

From Middle English holly, holi, holie, a shortened variation of holin, holyn (> English dialectal hollen, holm), from Old English holeġn, holen (“holly; prince, protector”), from Proto-West Germanic *hulis (“holly”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₂- (“to beat, break”).
Cognates
Cognate with Scots holin, hollin, holyn (“holly”), Dutch hulst (“holly”), German Hulst (“holly”), French houx ("holly" < Germanic), Danish hylver (“holly”), Welsh celyn (“holly”), Russian ко́лос (kólos, “ear of wheat”), Albanian kalli (“straw, chaff”), Latin culmus (“stalk, stem”), Sanskrit कटम्ब (kaṭamba, “arrow”), Old Church Slavonic класъ (klasŭ, “ear of grain”).
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