spurge

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /spɜːdʒ/    美 /spɜɹdʒ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any plant of the genus Euphorbia, a diverse genus of over 2,000 species. uncountable,usually
    — But cockle, spurge, according to their law / Might propagate their kind, with none to awe, / You'd think; a burr had been a treasure trove.
  2. Any plant of the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae. uncountable,usually
  3. A plant resembling those in genus Euphorbia in some aspect of its appearance. uncountable,usually
动词 v.
  1. To emit foam; to froth; said of the emission of yeast from beer during fermentation. intransitive
    — The body's somthing noysome: 'tis a stale one; / Good troth it spurgeth very monstrously.

词形变化

spurges plural spurges present,singular,third-person spurging participle,present spurged participle,past spurged past

词汇关系

上位词
malvid fabid rosid eudicot angiosperm tracheophyte plant
下位词
African milk barrel African milk tree cathedral cactus asthma-plant baseball plant candelabra tree candelilla caper spurge gopher spurge paper spurge cliff spurge coast spurge crown of thorns Christ plant cushion spurge cypress spurge devil's backbone redbird cactus dwarf poinsettia fire-on-the-mountain wild poinsettia glade spurge purple spurge upright myrtle spurge Gregersen's spurge Griffith's spurge leafy spurge green spurge Indian spurge tree Indian tree spurge milk bush leafless milk hedge leafy milk hedge Madagascar jewel Mediterranean spurge Medusa's head mottled spurge frilled fan elkhorn myrtle spurge creeping spurge painted spurge painted euphorbia Mexican fireplant petty spurge Peking spurge pencil tree poinsettia painted leaf rattlesnake weed white-margined sandmat red spurge resin spurge sand spurge scarlet plume sea spurge serrated spurge sawtooth spurge spotted spurge prostrate spurge sun spurge tree spurge variegated spurge white-margined spurge snow-on-the-mountain smoke-on-the-prairie wood spurge
衍生词
balsam spurge spurgewort Allegheny spurge Allegheny mountain spurge broom spurge caper spurge cliff spurge coast spurge creeping spurge cushion spurge cypress spurge dwarf spurge flowering spurge glade spurge gopher spurge graveyard spurge green spurge Gregersen's spurge Griffith's spurge hairy spurge Hall's shrubby spurge) Indian spurge tree Indian tree spurge ipecac spurge Japanese spurge knotweed spurge leaf spurge leafy spurge Mediterranean spurge mottled spurge myrtle spurge nettlespurge painted spurge paper spurge Peking spurge petty spurge pill-bearing spurge prairie spurge prostrate spurge purple spurge red spurge Euphorbia cotinifolia) resin spurge sand spurge sawtooth spurge seaside spurge sea spurge serrated spurge shore spurge silver spurge slipper spurge spotted spurge spurge daphne spurge flax spurge hawk-moth spurge laurel spurge nettle spurge olive stubble spurge sun spurge toothed spurge tramp's spurge tree spurge upright myrtle spurge variegated spurge wart spurge white-margined spurge wild spurge wood spurge

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Old French espurgebor.
Middle English spurge
English spurge
Inherited from Middle English spurge, from Old French espurge, from espurgier (“to purge”), from Latin expurgo (“to purge”); the bitter milky sap of these plants was formerly used as a purgative.
词源 2
Uncertain, but likely closely related to etymology 1, thus a doublet of purge.
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