seaweed

名词 n.
/ˈsiːwiːd/    /ˈsiwid/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any of numerous marine algae, such as a kelp. uncountable,usually
    — We have lingered in the chambers of the sea / By sea-girls wreathed with seaweed red and brown / Till human voices wake us, and we drown.
  2. Any of various fresh water plants and algae. broadly,uncountable,usually
    — With light penetrating to the lake bottom, beds of seaweed flourished where little had grown before.

词形变化

seaweeds plural

词源

Etymology tree
English sea
Proto-West Germanic *weud
Old English wēod
Middle English weed
English weed
English seaweed
From sea + weed.
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