单词 | pinang |
释义 | pinangn. The areca palm, Areca catechu (also pinang tree, pinang palm); (also) the nut or fruit of this palm, the betel nut. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > palm trees > [noun] > areca palms areca1588 faufel1594 drunken date1597 pinang1606 cabbage tree1661 betel-tree1681 mountain cabbage1681 cabbage palm1770 cabbage palmetto1802 betel palm1861 catechu palm1866 supari1904 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > yielding masticatory products > [noun] > areca palm, nut, or leaf areca1588 faufel1594 drunken date1597 supari1598 pinang1606 betel nut1681 monkey-face1700 betel palm1861 catechu palm1866 1606 E. Scott Disc. East Indians sig. N2 They haue..also a Nutt called Pinange,..in operation very hott. 1613 J. Saris Jrnl. in Voy. (1900) 65 The place verye full of trees, and aboundance of Cokers, penang, Serye, palmetes, and foule. 1665 T. Herbert Some Years Trav. (new ed.) 365 Their ordinary food..is Rice, Wheat, Pinange, Betele. 1771 J. R. Forster tr. P. Osbeck Voy. China I. 257 Pinang..is a fruit which looks like a nutmeg in the inside. 1839 T. J. Newbold Straits of Malacca ii. 49 Scattered over the island..appear groves of the tall and graceful Areca, or Pinang. 1869 A. R. Wallace Malay Archipel. I. xii. 280 The tall pinang-trees were climbed for the spicy betel nut. 1925 C. Wells Six Years in Malay Jungle xiii. 201 We came to a beautiful open space..completely covered with sparkling white sand and surrounded with coconut and pinang trees. 1959 F. A. Wagner Indonesia xii. 199 A special pattern is to be found on the pinang scissors with which hard pinang nuts, an ingredient of sirih quid, are cracked. 2000 New Straits Times (Malaysia) (Nexis) 27 Nov. (Heritage section) 2 On some days, she couldn't find the pinang, the next day, she couldn't find the kapur. It exhausted her. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1606 |
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