英语词汇“mousetail”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

mousetail

/ˈmaʊsteɪl/

noun

1The tail of a mouse.

2A dwarf plant of seasonally wet places, Myosurus minimus (family Ranunculaceae), with single tiny yellowish-green flowers and numerous achenes in an elongating spike, which is native to Old World temperate regions and naturalized elsewhere. Also (with distinguishing word): any of several related North American species of Myosurus.

3In full mousetail grass. A foxtail grass with a slender spike, especially black grass, Alopecurus myosuroides. Also ( British regional ) in plural with singular concord. Now rare.

4A fescue grass of the genus Vulpia having a narrow panicle; specifically (more fully mousetail fescue (also mousetail fescue-grass), † mousetail grass), rat's-tail fescue, V. myuros.

5In singular and plural US slang. A moustache; specifically a pencil-line moustache. Now rare.

Origin

Late Middle English; earliest use found in Guy de Chauliac's Grande Chirurgie. From mouse + tail.

单词	mousetail
释义	mousetail /ˈmaʊsteɪl/ noun 1The tail of a mouse. 2A dwarf plant of seasonally wet places, Myosurus minimus (family Ranunculaceae), with single tiny yellowish-green flowers and numerous achenes in an elongating spike, which is native to Old World temperate regions and naturalized elsewhere. Also (with distinguishing word): any of several related North American species of Myosurus. 3In full mousetail grass. A foxtail grass with a slender spike, especially black grass, Alopecurus myosuroides. Also ( British regional ) in plural with singular concord. Now rare. 4A fescue grass of the genus Vulpia having a narrow panicle; specifically (more fully mousetail fescue (also mousetail fescue-grass), † mousetail grass), rat's-tail fescue, V. myuros. 5In singular and plural US slang. A moustache; specifically a pencil-line moustache. Now rare. Origin Late Middle English; earliest use found in Guy de Chauliac's Grande Chirurgie. From mouse + tail.
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