单词 | sycamore |
释义 | sycamoren. 1. A species of fig tree, Ficus Sycomorus, common in Egypt, Syria, and other countries, and having leaves somewhat resembling those of the mulberry. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [noun] > tropical or exotic fruit-tree or -plant > fig-tree > types of sycamore13.. sycamore-tree13.. sycamore-fig1615 Moreton Bay fig1849 Port Jackson fig1875 Pharaoh's fig1884 Illawarra1904 adam's fig1907 Moreton Bay1953 13.. Propr. Sanct. (Vernon MS.) in Herrig Archiv LXXXI. 319/14 In to a treo he wente þerfore, A Sikamour, to seon him þore. a1400–50 Wars Alex. 4973 Oleues out of lebany..With sichomures & sipresses. a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Isa. ix. 10 Thei han kit doun sicomoris. c1440 York Myst. xxv. 427 A nobill tree þou secomoure. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 269/2 Sicomer, frute. Sicomour, tree. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. xiii. vii. 389 The Sycomore..is called the Ægyptian Figtree. The tree for leafe, bignesse, and barke, is like unto the Mulberie tree. 1633 G. Herbert World in Temple iii That Sycomore, Whose leaves first sheltred man from drought and dew. 1720 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad (ed. 2) V. xxi. 44 As from a sycamore, his sounding steel Lopp'd the green arms to spoke a chariot wheel. 1867 S. W. Baker Nile Tributaries (1872) i. 3 We climbed the steep sandy bank and sat down beneath a solitary sycamore. 1910 Mrs. H. M. Tirard Bk. of Dead iii. 73 In Egypt sycomores often grow on the edge of the desert. 2. A large species of maple, Acer Pseudoplatanus, introduced into Britain from the Continent, and grown as a shady ornamental tree and for its wood.Also with distinguishing adjective, bastard sycamore, false sycamore, vulgar sycamore. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > maples > [noun] maple treeOE maplec1385 plane tree1562 great maple1597 sycamore-tree1597 sycamore1598 sugar-tree1705 sugar maple1731 red maple1767 scarlet maple1768 rock maple1774 white maple1774 silk wood1775 moosewood1778 mountain maple1785 box elder1787 acer1793 sycamore maple1796 mock plane1797 Montpellier maple1797 water maple1803 soft maple1806 sugar-wood1809 swamp maple1810 low maple1813 maple bush1821 Neapolitan maple1833 snake-bark1838 moose-maple1839 sap-tree1843 Manitoba maple1887 Japanese maple1898 curly maple1909 Queensland maple1915 paperbark maple1927 Amur maple1934 1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost v. ii. 89 Vnder the coole shade of a Siccamone [sic; 1623 Siccamore], I thought to close mine eyes some halfe an houre. View more context for this quotation 1653 I. Walton Compl. Angler iv. 121 We..sate as quietly..under this Sycamore, as Virgils Tityrus and his Melibœus did under their broad beech tree. View more context for this quotation 1657 S. Purchas Theatre Flying-insects i. xv. 94 Sycomore, or great Maple. 1728 R. Bradley Dict. Botanicum Sycamore vulgar, i.e. Acer majus. 1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. App. 329 Sycamore, False, Acer. 1765 T. Gray Let. c30 Sept. in Corr. (1971) II. 889 The enclosures, that surround the house, are border'd with 3 or 4 ranks of sycomores, ashes, & white poplars of the noblest height. 1777 J. Lightfoot Flora Scotica II. 639 [Acer pseudo-platanus] The Great Maple, or Bastard Sycomore. Anglis. 1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam lxxxvii. 129 Thou, with all thy breadth and height Of foliage, towering sycamore . View more context for this quotation 1889 A. C. Benson Altar Fire (1907) 89 There were many ancient elms and sycamores forming a small park. 3. a. In North America, a plane or tree of the genus Platanus, esp. the buttonwood, P. occidentalis. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > plane-trees > [noun] platanusOE planea1382 platana1382 plane treea1425 platan treea1425 plantain1535 plane1562 dwarf plane tree1578 chenar1638 buttonwood1670 platanus tree1670 Norway maple1731 water beech1735 American plane1781 sycamore1814 buttonball1818 London plane1860 sycamore-tree1872 1814 F. Pursh Flora Amer. Septentrionalis II. 635 Platanus occidentalis... On the banks of rivers: Canada to Florida, and in Louisiana... This tree is known by the name of Button-wood, Water Beech, Sycamore and Plane Tree; in Canada Cotton Tree. 1872 M. S. De Vere Americanisms 413 Buttonwood..The tree is known also as Sycamore and Plane-Tree. b. In Australia and elsewhere applied (with or without epithet) to various trees: see quots. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > Australasian trees > [noun] > names applied to various Australasian species pepper tree1773 apple tree1801 white boxc1830 Christmas tree1844 mapau1853 maple1858 leopard-wood1859 red ash1863 sycamore1866 New Zealand orange tree1898 five-finger1926 leopard-tree1927 maple1934 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. at Melia M[elia] Azedarach, vulgarly known as the Pride of India, False Sycamore, Holy-tree. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. at Melia Sycamore..New South Wales. Brachychiton luridum. 1889 J. H. Maiden Useful Native Plants Austral. 368 Achras laurifolia..Called ‘Sycamore’ in Southern New South Wales. 1889 J. H. Maiden Useful Native Plants Austral. 410 Cryptocarya obovata.. ‘Sycamore’, ‘White Sycamore’, ‘Bastard Sycamore’. 1898 E. E. Morris Austral Eng. at Laurel Native L[aurel]..Panax elegans..also called Light or White Sycamore. 4. The wood or timber of the sycamore (usually in sense 2). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood of specific trees > [noun] > sycamore sycamorec1384 harewood1664 greywood1881 c1384 G. Chaucer Hous of Fame iii. 188 Ther saugh I Colle tregetour Vpon a table of Sygamour Pley an vncouthe thynge to telle. 1506 Paston Lett. III. 408 A payre of beddes of segamore. c1650 (a1500) Eger & Grime (Percy) (1933) 272 His sadle with sekamoure [printed selc-] was sett. 1842 J. Gwilt Encycl. Archit. ii. ii. 487 Old houses..floored with sycamore and wainscotted with poplar. 5. Short for sycamore-moth n. at Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Noctuidae > member of genus Acronycta > acronycta aceris (sycamore) sycamore-moth1749 sycamore1843 1843 H. N. Humphreys & J. O. Westwood Brit. Moths I. 193 Apatela aceris (the sycamore). 1869 E. Newman Illustr. Nat. Hist. Brit. Moths 251/2 The Sycamore (Acronycta Aceris)... This caterpillar feeds on the sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus). Compounds C1. General attributive. sycamore fruit n. ΚΠ 1611 Bible (King James) Amos vii. 14 I was an heardman, and a gatherer of Sycomore fruit. sycamore key n. key n.1 13. ΚΠ 1657 R. Austen Treat. Fruit-trees (ed. 2) 138 Setting..Ash-keyes, Cycamore-keyes. sycamore leaf n. ΚΠ 1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. i. 32 The Sycomore-Locust..is a pretty little yellow Insect, which is bred, and feeds on the Sycomore-leaves, which at first hath no wings, but six leggs and two horns. 1712 J. Browne tr. P. Pomet et al. Compl. Hist. Druggs I. 154 The Leaves are a little less than the Sicamore Leaves. 1887 W. Phillips Man. Brit. Discomycetes 198 Wherever decaying sycamore-leaves are found. sycamore wood n. ΚΠ 1854 E. Ronalds & T. Richardson Knapp's Chem. Technol. (ed. 2) I. 195 Sycamore wood. C2. sycamore-fig n. the fig tree Ficus Sycomorus, or its fruit. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > tropical exotic fruit > fig > other types of figs of Pharaoh?c1225 caprifigc1420 grossc1420 fig-dote1481 figling1612 sycamore-fig1615 fig-flower1719 fig-peepul1859 Smyrna fig1897 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [noun] > tropical or exotic fruit-tree or -plant > fig-tree > types of sycamore13.. sycamore-tree13.. sycamore-fig1615 Moreton Bay fig1849 Port Jackson fig1875 Pharaoh's fig1884 Illawarra1904 adam's fig1907 Moreton Bay1953 1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 121 Variety of excellent fruites; as orenges, lemons, pomegranats,..Sicamor figs. 1861 R. Bentley Man. Bot. i. iii. 639 The Sycamore Fig, is said to have yielded the wood from which mummy-cases were made. 1899 M. Benson & J. Gourlay Temple of Mut i. 3 Groves of palm mingled with the thicker foliage of the sycamore-fig and tamarisk. ΚΠ 1664Sycamore locust [see sycamore leaf n. at Compounds 1]. sycamore maple n. = sense 2. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > maples > [noun] maple treeOE maplec1385 plane tree1562 great maple1597 sycamore-tree1597 sycamore1598 sugar-tree1705 sugar maple1731 red maple1767 scarlet maple1768 rock maple1774 white maple1774 silk wood1775 moosewood1778 mountain maple1785 box elder1787 acer1793 sycamore maple1796 mock plane1797 Montpellier maple1797 water maple1803 soft maple1806 sugar-wood1809 swamp maple1810 low maple1813 maple bush1821 Neapolitan maple1833 snake-bark1838 moose-maple1839 sap-tree1843 Manitoba maple1887 Japanese maple1898 curly maple1909 Queensland maple1915 paperbark maple1927 Amur maple1934 1796 W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 3) II. 369 Sycamore Tree. Sycamore Maple. 1833 Penny Cycl. I. 76/2 Acer striatum, the striped-bark maple..frequently grows to thrice its native size, in consequence of being grafted upon the sycamore maple. sycamore-moth n. (also sycamore-tussock-moth) a noctuid moth, Acronycta (Apatela) aceris, the larva of which feeds on the sycamore (sense 2). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Noctuidae > member of genus Acronycta > acronycta aceris (sycamore) sycamore-moth1749 sycamore1843 1749 B. Wilkes Eng. Moths & Butterflies 32 The Sycamore Tussock-Moth. You may find the Caterpillars on Sycamore Trees. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Sycamore-moth,..a peculiarly large and beautiful moth,..so called, from its caterpillar feeding on the leaves of the sycamore. 1832 J. Rennie Conspectus Butterflies & Moths Brit. 78 The Sycamore Tussock (Apatela Aceris, Stephens) appears the end of June. 1861 F. O. Morris Brit. Moths II. 73 Acronycta Aceris. Sycamore Moth... It feeds on the sycamore and the horse-chesnut. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.13.. |
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