waratah

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈwɔːɹətɑː/|/ˌwɒɹəˈtɑː/    美 /ˈwɔɹəˌtɐː/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any of several species of plants in the genus Telopea, native to southeastern Australia.
    — There are many legends concerning the waratah--Australia's most glorious flower and all her own, for it does not occur in any other part of the world, while its supposed rival, the wattle, is as common in all parts of the Southern Hemisphere as it is in Australia.
  2. A Y-shaped steel fencing post or stake.
    — At intervals of half a chain along each cable, 6 ft waratah Y section standards are driven at an angle into the bank to within a few inches of ground level, and the cables secured to them with No. 8 gauge galvanised wire.

词形变化

waratahs plural

词源

Etymology tree
Dharug waradabor.
English waratah
Borrowed from Dharug warada.
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