sorrel
英 ['s?r(?)l]
美['s?r?l]
- n. 栗色；栗色毛的動物（等于sorel）；酢漿草屬
- adj. 栗色的；紅褐色的
- n. (Sorrel)人名；(西、法)索雷爾
暢通詞匯蔬菜
中文詞源
sorrel 酸模，酸葉草
詞源同 sour,酸的，酸性，-el,小詞后綴。因這種植物葉片呈酸性而得名。
英文詞源
- sorrel
- sorrel: see sour
- sorrel (adj.)
- "reddish brown," especially of horses, mid-14c., from Old French sorel, from sor "yellowish-brown," probably from Frankish *saur "dry," or some other Germanic source, from Proto-Germanic *sauza- (cognates: Middle Dutch soor "dry," Old High German soren "to become dry," Old English sear "withered, barren;" see sere). Perhaps a diminutive form in French.
- sorrel (n.)
- small perennial plant, late 14c., from Old French surele (12c., Modern French surelle), from sur "sour," from Frankish *sur or some other Germanic source, from Proto-Germanic *sura- "sour" (cognates: Old High German, Old English sur "sour;" see sour (adj.)). So called for the taste of its leaves.
雙語例句
- 1. Here he had rooted up the moss and wood sorrel.
- 在這里,他連根拔起了苔蘚和酢漿草.
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- 2. Upon a biological level, Sorrel assists with cellular communication.
- 在一個生物性水平上, 酢漿草協(xié)助了細(xì)胞通訊.
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- 3. The sorrel easily won the race.
- 那匹栗色馬輕易地贏了那場賽馬.
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