pissabed

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any dandelion (Taraxacum officinale), formerly much used for its diuretic properties.
    — Of flowers there was no trace, save of the flowers that plant themselves, or never die […] The chief of these was the pissabed.
  2. Any of various other wild plants with diuretic properties; bluet, oxeye daisy, etc. dialectal
  3. A bedwetter. archaic,slang

词形变化

pissabeds plural piss-the-bed alternative pissy-bed alternative pissy bed alternative

词汇关系

相关词
bedwetting

词源

From piss + bed or piss + abed, so called after the dandelion's supposed diuretic effect. Compare French pissenlit.
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