sorrel

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈsɒɹəl/    美 /ˈsɔɹəl/|/ˈsɑɹəl/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any of various plants with acidic leaves of the genus Rumex, especially countable,uncountable
  2. A brown colour, with a tint of red. countable,uncountable
  3. Any of various plants with acidic leaves of the genus Rumex, especially; Rumex acetosa (common sorrel, garden sorrel), sometimes used as a salad vegetable. countable,uncountable
    — At the greenmarket, it’s still mostly potatoes and apples. There are no tender greens, fava beans, peas, asparagus, artichokes, sorrel, rhubarb or early strawberries. Those harbingers of the season are said to be full of chi, or qi, the Chinese word for life force. We’re craving them as we’re craving lighter, brighter-tasting meals, food that is greener and fresher.
  4. Members of genus Oxalis or family Oxalidaceae, woodsorrels. countable,uncountable
  5. The roselle, Hibiscus sabdariffa. countable,uncountable
  6. The roselle, Hibiscus sabdariffa.; A drink, consumed especially in the Caribbean around Christmas, made from the flowers of Hibiscus sabdariffa: hibiscus tea. countable,uncountable
    — Now, many people drink alcohol, but when I was a child I remember drinking sorrel, ginger beer and drinks made from fresh fruits such as soursop and passion-fruit. Sorrel was prepared over a long period, not as quickly as it is now.
形容词 adj.
  1. Of a brown colour, with a tint of red. (especially: a sorrel horse) not-comparable
    — A little harmless gossip ensued on various themes, such as where old Aunt Sally got her new red head-kerchief, and how "Missis was a going to give Lizzy that spotted muslin gown, when she 'd got her new berage made up;" and how Mas'r Shelby was thinking of buying a new sorrel colt, that was going to prove an addition to the glories of the place.

词形变化

sorrels plural sorrels plural

词汇关系

衍生词
alpine sheep's sorrel alpine sorrel buckler sorrel Cape sorrel field sorrel French sorrel grassleaf sorrel Guinea sorrel heartwing sorrel Indian sorrel Jamaican sorrel Krause's sorrel lavender sorrel leaf-shield sorrel maiden sorrel mountain sorrel narrow-leaved sorrel red sorrel redwood sorrel salt of sorrel scurvy-grass sorrel sea sorrel sheep sorrel shield-leaf sorrel sorrel tree tree sorrel upright yellow-sorrel wood sorrel woodsorrel yellow wood sorrel
相关词
oxalic acid schav sourwood

词源

词源 1
From Middle English sorel, from Old French sorel, surele (“sorrel”), from Old French sur (“sour”), of Germanic origin, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *sūraz (“sour”); equivalent to sour + -el (diminutive suffix). Compare Old English sūre (“sorrel”), Icelandic súra (“sorrel”), Dutch zuring (“dock (plant), sorrel”). More at sour.
词源 2
From Middle English *sorel, from Middle French *sorel, sorrel, surrel, from Middle French sor (“yellowish-brown, reddish-brown”), probably from Old Frankish *saur (“dried”), from Proto-Germanic *sauzaz (“dry”), from Proto-Indo-European *saus- (“dry, parched”); equivalent to sore (“reddish-brown”) + -el (diminutive suffix). Cognate with Middle Dutch soor (“dry”), Old High German sōrēn (“to become dry”), and Old English sēar (“withered, barren”). See also sere.
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