| 释义 |
‖ nibong|ˈniːbʌŋ|
Also nibung.
[Malay nībung.]
A Malaysian palm, Oncosperma filamentosa.
1779T. Forrest Voyage to New Guinea ix. 121 We made very good curry; stewing it with the heart of the aneebong, or cabbage tree. 1783W. Marsden Hist. Sumatra 77 The neebong or cabbage tree, a species of palm, grows wild in too great abundance to require being cultivated. 1820J. Crawfurd Hist. Indian Archipelago I. iv. 417 The nibung is the true mountain cabbage. 1839T. J. Newbold Straits of Malacca I. iv. 139 Thatch of Atap, and floors of split nibong, called lantei. 1866Treas. Bot. 813/1 O[ncosperma] filamentosa, the Nibung or Nibong of the Malays, is a very elegant palm [etc.]. 1883I. L. Bishop in Leisure Hour 23/1 The nibong, a species of stemless palm, of which the poorer natives make their houses, and whose..fronds are often from twenty to twenty-two feet in length. 1898Conrad Tales of Unrest 275 Two tall nibong palms..leaned slightly over the ragged roof. 1907F. A. Swettenham Brit. Malaya vii. 151 The floor..is of planks, nîbong, or split bamboos. 1954R. H. Holttum Plant Life in Malaya ii. 22 Other kinds of palm have many trunks; for example, the Sago palm and the Nibong. 1966Listener 6 Oct. 502/3 Nearly 14,000 people live in wooden houses built on stilts of tough nibong palms. |