单词 | briar |
释义 | briar1 of 2noun (1) bri·ar ˈbrī(-ə)r variants or less commonly brier plural briars also briers 1 : a plant (such as a rose, blackberry, or greenbrier) having a usually woody and thorny or prickly stem a thicket of briars … head up an almost invisible trail along the left bank, through young pines and briars. Robert F. Jones see also briar patch 2 a : a mass of briars … threading his way with perfect skill between tree-trunks, jumping over bush and briar and the smaller streams … C. S. Lewis … volunteers methodically searching through the briar and trees … Roy Bragg b : a branch or twig of a briar With my pair of brush cutters that I always carried I cut away enough of the long briars to provide an opening for me to sit comfortably in. Jean Solbert briary ˈbrī(-ə)r-ē adjective briar 2 of 2noun (2) variants or briar pipe plural briars or briar pipes : a tobacco pipe made from a woody root outgrowth of a shrub-like Mediterranean heath (Erica arborea) He grinned again and disappeared in a great cloud of pipe smoke. I pulled out my briar and joined him. Marshall Harrison Spelling extracts a black briar pipe from his dinner jacket, draws his courtiers closer and says in a tiny voice, "I hate parties. What am I doing here?" Mary Murphy |
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