horsetail

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A tail of a horse.
  2. Any of various simple vascular plants, of the order Equisetales, that have hollow stems and produce spores.
  3. A Turkish standard denoting rank.
    — Commanders were distinguished by the number of horsetails carried before them. The sultan had seven, the grand vizier five, and the pashas three, two, or one.
  4. A mare's tail, a water plant in genus Hippuris.
  5. Any waterfall, the descending water of which maintains contact with bedrock most of the time.
  6. cauda equina, a bundle of nerve fibers.
  7. A ponytail hairstyle. rare
    — They were psychic mediums that wore a horsetail hairstyle. They believed that their long hair acted as cosmic antennae to receive alien communication from beyond.

词形变化

horsetails plural horse tail alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
common horsetail dwarf horsetail field horsetail great horsetail horsetail pine horsetail she-oak horsetail syndrome marsh horsetail meadow horsetail (Equisetum pratense rough horsetail shade horsetail shrubby horsetail variegated horsetail water horsetail wood horsetail
相关词
Equisetum Equisetum subg. Hippochaete scouring rush snake-grass

词源

From Middle English horsetaile, horstaile, equivalent to horse + tail.
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