单词 | tumbleweed |
释义 | tumbleweed (once / 57656 pages) n WORD FAMILY tumbleweed: tumbleweeds USAGE EXAMPLESMr. Dylan blows into this memoir like a blazing tumbleweed. New York Times(Nov 08, 2016) “So we’re telling stories that make sense of that environment as tumbleweeds of tweets roll past,” he adds. The Guardian(Oct 21, 2016) And the result also speaks to the importance of the kelp’s holdfast, as without it, the redwoods of the sea would be nothing but tumbleweeds. Science Magazine(Oct 14, 2016) 1n any plant that breaks away from its roots in autumn and is driven by the wind as a light rolling mass Hyper weed any plant that crowds out cultivated plants 2n bushy plant of western United States Syn|Hyper Amaranthus albus, Amaranthus graecizans amaranth any of various plants of the genus Amaranthus having dense plumes of green or red flowers; often cultivated for food 3n prickly bushy Eurasian plant; a troublesome weed in central and western United States Syn|Hyper Russian cactus, Russian thistle, Russian tumbleweed, Salsola kali tenuifolia bush, shrub a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems 4n bushy annual weed of central North America having greenish flowers and winged seeds Syn|Hyper Cycloloma atriplicifolium, winged pigweed bush, shrub a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems |
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