单词 | pipeweed |
释义 | pipeweedn. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Scrophulariaceae (figwort and allies) > [noun] > lousewort or red rattle lousewort1578 rattle grass1578 red rattle1578 mimmulus1633 pipeweed1702 wood betony1886 Indian warrior1897 1702 S. Blankaart Lexicon Novum Medicum (new ed.) 284 Fistularia,..Pipe Weed, the cock comb. 1797 W. Turton Med. Gloss. 332 Fistularia, pipe-weed; so called because its stalk is hollow. b. Any of various plants having straight, slender, esp. hollow or unbranched stems, esp. field horsetail ( Equisetum arvense), and (U.S.) (more fully Indian pipeweed) a North American desert plant having erect leafless stems which are swollen near the top, Eriogonum inflatum (family Polygonaceae). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > ferns > [noun] > horse-tail and allies padpipe?a1300 paddock-pipec1300 holy-water strinklec1440 shavegrassc1450 shavewortc1450 horsetail1538 shaving-grass1538 cat's tail1552 toad-pipe1578 pewterwort1597 horse-willow1611 prêle1661 shave-weed1691 water horsetail1710 horse-pipe1785 rush1804 shave-rush1821 equisetum1830 pipeweed1837 scouring rush1845 mud horsetail1855 jointweed1879 bottlebrush1883 the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > non-British plants or herbs > [noun] > North American > other plants bear grass1750 gardenia1756 sisyrinchium1767 heartsease1785 blazing star1789 nondo1791 unicorn-plant1796 screw-stem1802 American centaury1803 wild ginger?1804 pinweed1814 sabbatia1814 mountain mint1817 orange-root1817 richweed1818 goldenseal1828 pipeweed1837 snow plant1846 lopseed1850 devil's claw1876 turkey's beard1884 richweed1894 blue star grass1999 1837 Presbyterian Rev. Jan. 224 Equisetaceæ rivalled ‘the mast of some tall ammiral’, in localities where their dwarfed representatives, the horse-tail and pipe-weed of our bogs, stand only a few inches high. 1953 W. L. Jepson Man. Flowering Plants Calif. (new ed.) 307 E[riogonum] inflatum..Desert Trumpet... Also called Indian Pipe Weed. 1993 B. McCauley Whitehorn's Woman iii. 51 A soft breeze rustled the taller stalks of pipeweed; night birds chattered nearby; insects intermittently clicked and buzzed. 1999 F. Royer & R. Dickinson Weeds Canada & Northern U.S. 216 Common horsetail. Equisetum arvense L. A perennial native to North America. Also known as: field horsetail, mare's-tail, pipe-weed, paddy's-pipe, scouring-rush, [etc.]. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > [noun] > invertebrate > unspecified pepper worm1688 pipeweed1755 sea-date1797 the world > plants > particular plants > algae > seaweed > [noun] > others manatee grass1696 pepper dulse1724 pipeweed1755 sea-beard1777 Iceland sea grass1809 Porphyra1836 nullipore1840 sea-thread1843 niggerhair1852 lucky minnie's lines1853 marine sauce1866 hijiki1951 1755 J. Ellis Ess. Nat. Hist. Corallines 87 Alcyonium... Sea ragged Staff, called by the Fishermen Pipe-weed, or Pudding-weed. This irregular-shaped yellow sizy Substance..is found adhering to most kinds of marine Substances, on the Coast of Kent..so that it frequently becomes troublesome to the Fishermen, by often clogging their nets. 1867 Essex Standard 14 June The fishery contains cats' tails, and what they call elsewhere rats' tails [pipeweed was mentioned as the proper term]. 1889 Fishing Gaz. 25 May (Suppl.) 308/2 The foul nature of the refuse..killed the pipe-weed and other materials on which fish lived. 1903 H. Scherren Pop. Nat. Hist. Lower Animals iv. 101 Both [whirligig beetle larvæ] were found in pipe-weed (Enteromorpha intestinalis). 1911 Brit. Sea Anglers' Soc. Q. 4 112 In fact it [sc. a trace made of tanned water cord] may very well be mistaken by the fish for a piece of the pipe weed. 3. Pipe tobacco; (also) the prepared leaves of any plant used as a substance to be smoked in a pipe (cf. weed n.1 3). ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > tobacco > [noun] > substitutes for tobacco tobacco-docks1599 poke1634 saccacommis1703 kinnikinnick1792 sumac1813 rabbit tobacco1880 pipeweed1896 1896 Bristol Mercury 7 Sept. 3/6 The consumption of pipe weed and cigarettes is advancing by leaps and bounds. 1919 Chicago Tribune 27 Feb. ii. 13/4 Stock up the lil ol' humidor with a goodly supply of your favorite fags, cigars, and pipe weed. 1945 Billboard 10 Feb. 5/4 Hildegarde's Raleigh Room..peddles butts and pipe weed, and People Are Funny sells Wings cigs and the pipe stuff. (Both NBC shows.) 1955 J. R. R. Tolkien Return of King 270 And if you have any pipe-weed, we'll bless you. 1984 Pacific Stars & Stripes (Tokyo) 17 Nov. 7/2 Tobacco, only three grams per smoker, must be tamped into the bowl just right. Once lit, the smoldering pipeweed is puffed—just enough—to sustain the ember. 1986 T. Pratchett Equal Rites 180 His hands shook as he fumbled a few shreds of secondhand pipeweed into a skinny homemade. 2002 D. B. Coe Rules of Ascension x. 179 The Silver Bear..was filled with the sweet, musty smells of ale and burning pipeweed. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
随便看 |
|
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。