leek

名词 n.
中文释义
发音 lēk

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A vegetable of variety Allium ampeloprasum, having edible leaves and an onion-like bulb but with a milder flavour than the onion.
  2. Any of several species of Allium, broadly resembling the domesticated plant in appearance in the wild.

词形变化

leeks plural

词汇关系

衍生词
Asian leek broadleaf wild leek eat the leek garden leek green leek green leek parrot houseleek leek-green leekish leeklike leek moth leek orchid leek rust leeky lily leek meadow leek narrowleaf wild leek Persian leek rose leek sand leek swallow the leek threecorner leek wild leek
相关词
garlic leak Thrips tabaci

词源

From Middle English leke, leek, lek, from Old English lēac (“a garden herb, leek, onion, garlic”), from Proto-West Germanic *lauk, from Proto-Germanic *lauką, *laukaz (“leek, onion”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewg- (“to bend”).
Cognate with Dutch look (“garlic, leek”), German Low German Look (“leek”), German Lauch (“leek, allium”), Danish løg (“onion”), Norwegian Bokmål løk (“onion”), Norwegian Nynorsk lauk (“onion”), Swedish lök (“onion”), Icelandic laukur (“onion, leek, garlic”). See garlic.
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