macchian.

Brit.

/ˈmɑːkɪə/, U.S.

/ˈmɑkiə/

Inflections: Plural macchias, macchie Brit.

/ˈmɑːkɪeɪ/, U.S.

/ˈmɑkieɪ/.

Origin: A borrowing from Corsican. Etymon: Corsican macchia.

Etymology: < Corsican macchia thicket (lit. ‘spot’, after the spotted appearance of hillsides dotted with such thickets) < classical Latin macula macula n.

= maquis n. 1a.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > tree or woody plant > wood or assemblage of trees or shrubs > [noun] > characteristic of particular habitat or period

maquis1829

motte1844

amber forest1846

caatinga1846

native bush1853

chena1877

monsoon forest1903

rainforest1903

tropical rainforest1903

padang1909

cloud forest1922

macchia1924

1819 E. Rigby tr. J. F. L. de Chateauvieux Italy vii. 88 The Italians designate these wild grounds, which are in part wood and in part pasture, by the term macchie.

1868 J. A. Symonds Let. 4 May (1967) I. 805 The sea shore [of Corsica]..is a tangle of sweet & splendid flowers... The whole air is fragrant with multitudinous scents wafted from these ‘macchi’, as the natives call them.]

1924 A. Huxley Let. 3 Dec. (1969) 238 The mountain is covered with woods of cork trees and a kind of macchia or bush of fragrant shrubs.

1936 Nature 2 May 735/2 Such characteristic native vegetation as the beautiful ‘fijnbos’ (the macchia or maquis of the south-west Cape) may be irretrievably damaged by fire.

1962 Times 24 Mar. 11/4 A cottage lost in the macchia.

1969 V. Nabokov Ada i. xxxix. 273 You were to die very soon—and not..on the turf of a Crimean ravine, but a couple of minutes later, when you..felt relieved and secure in the shelter of the macchie.

1976 A. Brink Instant in Wind 114 It is indispensable for hacking a path through the myriad of thin, tough macchia stems.

1988 N.Y. Times 8 May v. 19/3 Punta Ala..has manicured golf courses..where once there was wild fennel and macchia (Mediterranean scrub).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	macchia
释义	macchian. Brit. /ˈmɑːkɪə/, U.S. /ˈmɑkiə/ Inflections: Plural macchias, macchie Brit. /ˈmɑːkɪeɪ/, U.S. /ˈmɑkieɪ/. Origin: A borrowing from Corsican. Etymon: Corsican macchia. Etymology: < Corsican macchia thicket (lit. ‘spot’, after the spotted appearance of hillsides dotted with such thickets) < classical Latin macula macula n. = maquis n. 1a. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > tree or woody plant > wood or assemblage of trees or shrubs > [noun] > characteristic of particular habitat or period maquis1829 motte1844 amber forest1846 caatinga1846 native bush1853 chena1877 monsoon forest1903 rainforest1903 tropical rainforest1903 padang1909 cloud forest1922 macchia1924 1819 E. Rigby tr. J. F. L. de Chateauvieux Italy vii. 88 The Italians designate these wild grounds, which are in part wood and in part pasture, by the term macchie. 1868 J. A. Symonds Let. 4 May (1967) I. 805 The sea shore [of Corsica]..is a tangle of sweet & splendid flowers... The whole air is fragrant with multitudinous scents wafted from these ‘macchi’, as the natives call them.] 1924 A. Huxley Let. 3 Dec. (1969) 238 The mountain is covered with woods of cork trees and a kind of macchia or bush of fragrant shrubs. 1936 Nature 2 May 735/2 Such characteristic native vegetation as the beautiful ‘fijnbos’ (the macchia or maquis of the south-west Cape) may be irretrievably damaged by fire. 1962 Times 24 Mar. 11/4 A cottage lost in the macchia. 1969 V. Nabokov Ada i. xxxix. 273 You were to die very soon—and not..on the turf of a Crimean ravine, but a couple of minutes later, when you..felt relieved and secure in the shelter of the macchie. 1976 A. Brink Instant in Wind 114 It is indispensable for hacking a path through the myriad of thin, tough macchia stems. 1988 N.Y. Times 8 May v. 19/3 Punta Ala..has manicured golf courses..where once there was wild fennel and macchia (Mediterranean scrub). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1924
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