kex

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /kɛks/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The dried stem of certain large herbaceous plants. dialectal,obsolete
    — "I suppose you'll want a dish o' tay, or victuals of some sort, hey? […] I should be as dry as kex wi' travelling so far."
  2. A plant having such a stem; a weed, a kecksy. obsolete
  3. A dry husk or covering. rare
    — On the bedside table a new package of cigarettes and a traveling clock had for neighbor a nicely wrapped box containing the green figurine of a girl skier which shone through the double kix.

词形变化

kexes plural kix alternative

词源

From Middle English kex. Origin unknown; but compare Welsh cecys (“hollow stalks”) and Welsh cegid (“hemlock”), apparently from the same source as Latin cicūta (“hemlock”).
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